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Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +01001*todo.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2020 Feb 15
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 TODO list for Vim *todo*
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9This is a veeeery long list of known bugs, current work and desired
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +010010improvements. To make it a little bit accessible, the older items are grouped
11by subject. In the first column of the line a classification is used to be
12able to look for "the next thing to do":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013
14Priority classification:
159 next point release
168 next release
177 as soon as possible
186 soon
195 should be included
204 nice to have
213 consider including
222 maybe not
231 probably not
24- unclassified
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26 *votes-for-changes*
27See |develop.txt| for development plans. You can vote for which items should
28be worked on, but only if you sponsor Vim development. See |sponsor|.
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Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +020030Issues can also be entered online: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +010031Only use this for bug reports, not for questions! Those belong on the
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +010032maillist. Updates will be forwarded to the |vim_dev| maillist. Issues
33entered there will not be repeated below, unless there is extra information.
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020034
Bram Moolenaarb1c91982018-05-17 17:04:55 +020035The #1234 numbers refer to an issue or pull request on github. To see it in a
36browser use: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/1234
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +020037(replace 1234 with the issue/pull number)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038 *known-bugs*
39-------------------- Known bugs and current work -----------------------
40
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +010041Include ipv6 syntax changes? (DJ Lucas, #5360)
42
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +010043Avoid modifyOtherKeys temporarily:
44 call modify_other_keys(v:false) " disable modifyOtherKeys
45Should fix #5617.
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +010046
47Vim9 script:
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +010048- "echo Func()" is an error if Func() does not return anything.
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +010049- Disallow unlet for local/script/imported vars
50- :func inside vim9script must still use a:arg
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +010051- Make "++nr" work.
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +010052- Check that import in legacy script works and puts item in s:
53- Error in any command in "vim9script" aborts sourcing.
54- Find a way to test expressions in legacy and Vim9 script without duplication
55- Test each level of expressions properly, with type checking
56- Test the
57- Test try/catch and throw better, also nested.
58 Test return inside try/finally jumps to finally and then returns.
59- call autoload function.
60- Type checking arguments when calling :def function
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +010061- Implement more expressions, e.g. [a:b]
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +010062- can use func as reference:
63 def SomeFunc() ...
64 map(list, SomeFunc)
65- define function and create funcref in one step:
66 let ref = def(arg: type): rettype
67 Also extends lambda
68- Test: Function declared inside a :def function is local, disappears at the
69 end of the function. Unless g: is used, just like with variables.
70- Can we omit \ for line continuation inside (), {}, ?
71 Requires parsing while reading a function. Like fgetline in do_one_cmd()?
72- implement :type
73- implement class
74- implement interface
75- predefined class: Promise<T>
76- import statement for type declaration?
77- Make accessing varargs faster: arg[expr]
78 EVAL expr
79 LOADVARARG (varags idx)
80
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +020081Popup windows:
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +020082- Use popup (or popup menu) for command line completion
Bram Moolenaard7df2792020-01-02 21:34:42 +010083- When using a popup for the info of a completion menu, and there is not
84 enough space, let the popup overlap with the menu. (#4544)
85- Implement flip option.
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +020086- Make redrawing more efficient and avoid flicker:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +020087 - put popup menu also in popup_mask?
88- Any other commands to disable in a popup window?
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +010089 Use ERROR_IF_POPUP_WINDOW for these.
Bram Moolenaar91359012019-11-30 17:57:03 +010090- Figure out the size and position better if wrapping inserts indent
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +020091
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +020092Text properties:
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +010093- Combining text property with 'cursorline' does not always work (Billie
94 Cleek, #5533)
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +020095- Text properties spanning more than one line
Bram Moolenaar09c6f262019-11-17 15:55:14 +010096- See remarks at top of src/textprop.c
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +020097
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +010098'incsearch' with :s:
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020099- :s/foo using CTRL-G moves to another line, should not happen, or use the
100 correct line (it uses the last but one line) (Lifepillar, Aug 18, #3345)
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100101- :s@pat/tern@ doesn't include "/" in the pattern. (Takahiro Yoshihara, #3637)
102 pass delim to do_search() ?
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200103- Also support range: :/foo/,/bar/delete
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200104- Also support for user command, e.g. Cfilter
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200105- :%s/foo should take the first match below the cursor line, unless there
106 isn't one?
107 Then :%s?foo should take the first match above the cursor line.
108
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200109Prompt buffer:
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +0100110- Add a command line history, using up/down keys. issue #5010
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200111- delay next prompt until plugin gives OK?
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100112- add prompt_addtext({buf}, {expr}) none add text to a prompt buffer
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200113
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200114Terminal debugger:
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200115- Make prompt-buffer variant work better.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100116- Add option to not open the program window. It's not used when attaching to
117 an already running program. (M. Kelly)
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200118- When only gdb window exists, on "quit" edit another buffer.
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100119- Use a sign group
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200120- Termdebug does not work when Vim was build with mzscheme: gdb hangs just
121 after "run". Everything else works, including communication channel. Not
122 initializing mzscheme avoid the problem, thus it's not some #ifdef.
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +0100123- Add support for lldb? issue #3565
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100124- Could we do something similar for debugging Vim scripts? At least see the
125 script while stepping through it. Simple version would use an extra window.
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100126 More complete solution would actually run Vim in a Terminal and control it
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100127 with another Vim instance.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200128
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200129Terminal emulator window:
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100130- When the job in the terminal doesn't use mouse events, let the scroll wheel
131 scroll the scrollback, like a terminal does at the shell prompt. #2490
132 And use modeless selection. #2962
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +0100133- Use CTRL-W CTRL-K to enter a digraph? #5371
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100134- When Vim runs in the terminal and changes the title, the statusline needs to
135 be redrawn.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200136- GUI: When using ":set go+=!" a system() call causes the hit-enter prompt.
137 (#3327)
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200138- GUI: hang until key typed. (#3530)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200139- Allow for specifying the directory, with ++cwd={dir}.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200140- With a vertical split only one window is updated. (Linwei, 2018 Jun 2,
141 #2977)
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200142- When pasting should call vterm_keyboard_start_paste(), e.g. when using
143 K_MIDDLEMOUSE, calling insert_reg().
144- Users expect parsing the :term argument like a shell does, also support
145 single quotes. E.g. with: :term grep 'alice says "hello"' (#1999)
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200146- Win32: Redirecting input does not work, half of Test_terminal_redir_file()
147 is disabled.
148- Win32: Redirecting output works but includes escape sequences.
149- Win32: Make terminal used for :!cmd in the GUI work better. Allow for
150 redirection.
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200151- When the job only outputs lines, we could handle resizing the terminal
152 better: store lines separated by line breaks, instead of screen lines,
153 then when the window is resized redraw those lines.
154- Redrawing is slow with Athena and Motif. (Ramel Eshed)
155- For the GUI fill termios with default values, perhaps like pangoterm:
156 http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~leonerd/pangoterm/trunk/view/head:/main.c#L134
157- When 'encoding' is not utf-8, or the job is using another encoding, setup
158 conversions.
Bram Moolenaar7c63fbc2018-05-17 13:15:23 +0200159
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200160Error numbers available:
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100161E451, E452, E453, E454, E460, E489, E491, E565, E578, E610, E611, E653,
162E654, E856, E857, E860, E861, E900
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200163
Bram Moolenaar2ed639a2019-12-09 23:11:18 +0100164Patch to move duplicated code to a function. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, #5330)
165
Bram Moolenaar469bdbd2019-12-11 23:05:48 +0100166Patch to use more FOR_ALL_ macros and use them. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, #5339)
167
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +0100168Patch to explain use of "%" in :!. (#5591)
169
170Patch to add "-d" to xxd. (#5616)
171
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200172Running test_gui and test_gui_init with Motif sometimes kills the window
173manager. Problem with Motif? Now test_gui crashes in submenu_change().
174Athena is OK.
175Motif: Build on Ubuntu can't enter any text in dialog text fields.
176
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200177Patch to properly break CJK lines: Anton Kochkov, #3875
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200178Flag in 'formatoptions' is not used in the tests.
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200179
Bram Moolenaar469bdbd2019-12-11 23:05:48 +0100180Patch to add 'vtp' option. (#5344)
181Needs better docs. Is there a better name?
182
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +0100183Patch for Haiku support. (Emir Sarı, #5605)
184
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200185undo result wrong: Masato Nishihata, #4798
186
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100187When 'lazyredraw' is set sometimes the title is not updated.
188(Jason Franklin, 2020 Feb 3) Looks like a race condition.
189
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +0100190Patch to add function to return the text used in the quickfix window.
191(Yegappan, #5465)
192
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100193Patch for Template string: #4491. New pull: #4634
194Implementation is too inefficient, avoid using lambda.
195
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +0100196Patch to add readdirex() (Ken Takata, #5619)
197
198Request to support <Cmd> in mappings, similar to how Neovim does this.
199(Daniel Hahler, #4784)
200
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200201Undo puts cursor in wrong line after "cG<Esc>" undo.
202
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +0100203:unmap <c-n> gives error but does remove the mapping. (Antony Scriven, 2019
204Dec 19)
205
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +0100206Dos uninstal may delete vim.bat from the wrong directory (e.g., when someone
207makes his own wrapper). Add a magic string with the version number to the
208.bat file and check for it in the uninstaller. E.g.
209 # uninstall key: vim8.1*
210
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +0100211Patch to fix session file when using multiple tab pages. (Jason Franklin, 2019
212May 20)
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200213Also put :argadd commands at the start for all buffers, so that their order
214remains equal? Then %argdel to clean it up. Do try this with 'hidden' set.
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200215Also #4994: window-local options not always restored, related to using :badd.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100216Also #5326: netrw buffers are not restored.
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200217
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +0100218Patch to support cindent option to handle pragmas differently.
219(Max Rumpf, #5468)
220
221Patch to make ":verbose pwd" show the scope of the directory. (Takuya
222Fujiwara, #5469)
223
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200224Completion mixes results from the current buffer with tags and other files.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100225Happens when typing CTRL-N while still searching for results. E.g., type "b_"
226in terminal.c and then CTRL-N twice.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200227Should do current file first and not split it up when more results are found.
228(Also #1890)
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200229
Bram Moolenaar1d9215b2020-01-25 13:27:42 +0100230Undo history wrong when ":next file" re-uses a buffer. (#5426)
231ex_next() should pass flag to do_argfile(), then to do_ecmd().
232
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100233Adding "10" to 'spellsuggest' causes spell suggestions to become very slow.
234(#4087)
235
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +0100236FR: add search_status(), the current values displayed for search (current
237match, total matches). (#5631)
238Patch to provide search stats in a variable, so that it can be used in the
239statusline. (Fujiwara Takuya, #4446)
240
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200241":helptags ALL" should skip directories where "tags" cannot be written.
242(Matěj Cepl, #5026)
243
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200244":bnext" in a help buffer is supposed to go to the next help buffer, but it
245goes to any buffer, and then :bnext skips help buffers, since they are
246unlisted. (#4478)
247
Bram Moolenaarade0d392020-01-21 22:33:58 +0100248Patch to include reduce() function. (#5481)
249
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +0100250Statusline highlighting error, off by one. (#5599)
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +0100251
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200252Enable 'termbidi' if $VTE_VERSION >= 5703 ?
253
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200254Universal solution to detect if t_RS is working, using cursor position.
255Koichi Iwamoto, #2126
256
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100257Sound: support on Mac? Or does libcanberra work there?
258
Bram Moolenaarade0d392020-01-21 22:33:58 +0100259Python 3.8 doesn't work. (Antonios Hadjigeorgalis, #5509)
260
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200261The :syntax cchar value can only be a single character. It would be useful to
262support combining characters. (Charles Campbell) Also #4687
263
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200264Include Haiku port. (Adrien Destugues, Siarzhuk Zharski, 2013 Oct 24)
265It can replace the BeOS code, which is likely not used anymore.
266Now on github: #1856. Updated Oct 2017
267Got permission to include this under the Vim license.
268
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100269"--cleanFOO" does not result in an error. (#5537)
270
Bram Moolenaard7df2792020-01-02 21:34:42 +0100271Add "t" action to settagstack(): truncate and add new entries. (#5405)
272
Bram Moolenaar403f3eb2019-11-20 22:31:13 +0100273Result of synID() sometimes wrong in help files. (#5252)
274
Bram Moolenaarade0d392020-01-21 22:33:58 +0100275Status line is nut updated when splitting windows. (Marcin Szamotulski, #5496)
276
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200277Problem showing a line if the number column width changes when using "o".
278(Mateusz Morusiewicz, #4245)
279
Bram Moolenaar85850f32019-07-19 22:05:51 +0200280When using :packadd for a replacement language plugin, it is loaded after the
281default one. #4698
282
283When using :packadd files under "later" are not used, which is inconsistent
284with packages under "start". (xtal8, #1994)
285
Bram Moolenaarc08ee742019-12-05 22:47:25 +0100286Patch to add new motion ]( and ]{. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, #5320)
Bram Moolenaar29634562020-01-09 21:46:04 +0100287Or make "v" prefix work?
Bram Moolenaarc08ee742019-12-05 22:47:25 +0100288
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200289Modeless selection doesn't work in gvim. (#4783)
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200290Caused by patch 8.1.1534.
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200291
Bram Moolenaar7dd64a32019-05-31 21:41:05 +0200292Visual highlight not removed when 'dipslay' is "lastline" and line doesn't
293fit. (Kevin Lawler, #4457)
294
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200295Patch to add per-tabpage and per-window previous directory: "lcd -" and "tcd
296-". (Yegappan Lakshmanan, #4362)
297
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200298Does not build with MinGW out of the box:
299- _stat64 is not defined, need to use "struct stat" in vim.h
300- WINVER conflict, should use 0x0600 by default?
Bram Moolenaareb3dc872018-05-13 22:34:24 +0200301
302Crash when mixing matchadd and substitute()? (Max Christian Pohle, 2018 May
30313, #2910) Can't reproduce?
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200304
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200305Patch to configure BUILD_DATE for reproducible builds. (James McCoy, #513)
306
307Patch to add MODIFIED_BY to MSVC build file. (Chen Lei, 2016 Nov 24, #1275)
308
Bram Moolenaar4ceaa3a2019-12-03 22:49:09 +0100309Patch to support "0o" for octal numbers. (Ken Takata, #5304)
310
Bram Moolenaar4ceaa3a2019-12-03 22:49:09 +0100311When getting a focus event halfway a mapping this aborts the mapping. E.g.
312when "qq" is mapped and after the first "q" the mouse is moved outside of the
313gvim window (with focus follows mouse), then the K_FOCUSLOST key is put in the
314input buffer. (#5302)
315
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200316xterm should be able to pass focus changes to Vim, so that Vim can check for
317buffers that changed. Perhaps in misc.c, function selectwindow().
318Xterm 224 supports it!
319Patch to make FocusGained and FocusLost work in modern terminals. (Hayaki
320Saito, 2013 Apr 24) Update 2016 Aug 12.
321Also see issue #609.
322We could add the enable/disable sequences to t_ti/t_te or t_ks/t_ke.
323
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +0100324:buffer completion does not escape "+" properly and results in a regexp error.
325(#5467)
326
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200327Check_external_diff() is used too often. (Daniel Hahler, #4800)
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200328
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100329Win32: after "[I" showing matches, scroll wheel messes up screen. (Tsakiridis,
3302007 Feb 18)
331Patch by Alex Dobrynin, 2007 Jun 3. Also fixes other scroll wheel problems.
332
333Add a WindowScrolled event. Trigger around the same time as CursorMoved.
334Can be used to update highlighting. #3127 #5181
335
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200336Incorrect formatting with autoindent. (Sebastian Gniazdowski, #4909)
337
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200338Patch to add the :bvimgrep command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Nov 12)
339Updated 2016 Jun 10, #858 Update 2017 Mar 28: use <buffer>
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200340
Bram Moolenaardf980db2017-12-24 13:22:00 +0100341Errors found with random data:
342 heap-buffer-overflow in alist_add (#2472)
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100343
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200344Patch to support CamelCase for spell checking: See a lower-to-upper case
345change as a word boundary. (btucker-MPCData, 2016 Nov 6, #1235)
346patch for 'spellcamelcase' option: spellcheck each CamelCased word.
347(Ben Tucker, 2016 Dec 2)
348
349Patch to add {skip} argument to search(). (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Feb 24)
350Update 2016 Jun 10, #861
351
352Patch to add "cmdline" completion to getcompletion(). (Shougo, Oct 1, #1140)
353
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200354Improve fallback for menu translations, to avoid having to create lots of
355files that source the actual file. E.g. menu_da_de -> menu_da
356Include part of #3242?
357
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200358When a terminal exit_cb closes the window, a following typed key is lost, if
359it's in a mapping. (2018 Oct 6, #2302, #3522)
360
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200361Patch to have text objects defined by arbitrary single characters. (Daniel
362Thau, 2013 Nov 20, 2014 Jan 29, 2014 Jan 31)
363Added tests (James McCoy, 2016 Aug 3, #958). Still needs more work.
364
Bram Moolenaar29634562020-01-09 21:46:04 +0100365":2resize +10" uses size of the current window, adds 10 and applies it to
366window 2. User expects 10 to be added to size of window 2. (Daniel Steinberg,
367#5443)
368
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200369Patch for multi-byte characters in langmap and applying a mapping on them.
370(Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jun 12, update July 25)
371Is this the right solution? Need to cleanup langmap behavior:
372- in vgetorpeek() apply langmap to the typeahead buffer and put the result in
373 a copy-buffer, only when langmap is appropriate for the current mode. Then
374 check for mapping and let gotchars() work on the copy-buffer.
375- Remove LANGMAP_ADJUST() in other parts of the code. Make sure the mode is
376 covered by the above change.
377So that replaying the register doesn't use keymap/langmap and still does the
378same thing. Remarks on PR #543 (Roland Puntaier).
379Also see #737: langmap not applied to replaying recording.
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200380
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200381Would be nice to set tab-local values for 'diffexpr' and 'diffopt'. Use
382t:diffexpr_option t:diffopt_option? (#4782)
383
Bram Moolenaar4ceaa3a2019-12-03 22:49:09 +0100384v:register isn't reset early enough, may be used by next command.
385(Andy Massimino, #5294, possible fix in #5305)
386
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100387Internal diff doesn't handle binary file like external diff does. (Mike
388Williams, 2018 Oct 30)
389
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200390'[ mark in wrong column after put. (#4776)
391
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200392"exepath('bin/cmd')" does not work while ":!bin/cmd" does work.
393(Daniel Hahler, #4710) and executable('bin/cmd') returns 1
394
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200395Error drawing the number column when 'cursorline' is set. (#3893)
396
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100397Problem with :tlmenu: Detach item added with all modes? Issue #3563.
398
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200399Add an argument to expandcmd() to expand like ":next" does.
400
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100401When both "a" and "l" is in 'formatoptions' then auto-formatting also happens
402in a long line. #5189
403
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200404The quoting of the [command] argument of :terminal is not clearly documented.
405Give a few examples. (#4288)
406
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200407Opening a file with --remote-tab-silent that matches 'wildignore' does not
408work, results in (E479: No match". (#4610)
409
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200410Patch for this (Tristan Konolige, #1011, only adds the option, no implem.):
4117 Add an option to add one pixel column to the character width? Lucida
412 Console italic is wider than the normal font ("d" overlaps with next char).
413 Opposite of 'linespace': 'columnspace'.
414
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100415Bug: script written with "-W scriptout" contains Key codes, while the script
416read with "-s scriptin" expects escape codes. Probably "scriptout" needs to
417be adjusted. (Daniel Steinberg, 2019 Feb 24, #4041)
418
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +0100419Add a string to the 'display' option ("smoothscroll" ?) to make CTRL-E and
420CTRL-Y scroll one screen line, also if this means the first line doesn't start
421with the first character (like what happens with a last line that doesn't
422fit). Display "<<<" at the start of the first visible line (like "@@@" is
423displayed in the last line). (Arseny Nasokin, #5154)
424
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200425Patch for ambiguous width characters in libvterm on MS-Windows 10.
426(Nobuhiro Takasaki, #4411)
427
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200428Window size changes after closing a tab. (#4741)
429
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200430Problem with colors in terminal window. (Jason Franklin, 2019 May 12)
431
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200432Lifepillar: Updated/cleaned up color schemes:
433https://github.com/lifepillar/vim8-colorschemes.
434
435Include a few color schemes, based on popularity:
436http://www.vim.org/scripts/script_search_results.php?keywords=&script_type=color+scheme&order_by=rating&direction=descending&search=search
437http://vimawesome.com/?q=tag:color-scheme
438Use names that indicate their appearance (Christian Brabandt, 2017 Aug 3)
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100439- monokai - Xia Crusoe (2017 Aug 4)
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200440- seoul256 - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3)
441- gruvbox - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3) (simplified version from
442 Lifepillar, 2018 Jan 22, #2573)
443- janah - Marco Hinz (2017 Aug 4)
444- apprentice - Romain Lafourcade (2017 Aug 6) remarks about help file #1964
445Suggested by Hiroki Kokubun:
446- [Iceberg](https://github.com/cocopon/iceberg.vim) (my one)
447- [hybrid](https://github.com/w0ng/vim-hybrid)
448Include solarized color scheme?, it does not support termguicolors.
449- Sanitized version of pablo (Lifepillar, 2017 Nov 21)
450
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100451Bug: "vipgw" does not put cursor back where it belongs. (Jason Franklin, 2019
452Mar 5)
453
Bram Moolenaar85850f32019-07-19 22:05:51 +0200454Many users don't like 'thesaurus' to match so many words. (#4667, #1611)
455- when the match with the first word is partial, don't add other words on that
456 line.
457- support other file formats, such as comma separated. Indicate by a prefix
458 to the file in the 'thesaurus' option.
459- 'threglookexp' option: only match with first word in thesaurus file.
460 (Jakson A. Aquino, 2006 Jun 14)
461
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200462Some composing characters actually add a cell width to the character they are
463on top off, making the whole thing two characters wide. (#4526)
464
Bram Moolenaar12ee7ff2019-06-10 22:47:40 +0200465Should we include some part of pull request #4505, not increment changedtick
466in some cases? E.g. for ":write" when the changed flag was already off, the
467buffer didn't change at all.
468
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200469Patch to add getreginfo() and setreg() with an option to set the unnamed
470register "", So that registers can be saved and fully restored.
471(Andy Massimino, 2018 Aug 24, #3370)
472
Bram Moolenaar12ee7ff2019-06-10 22:47:40 +0200473Line numbers in profile are off when function was defined with ":execute".
474(Daniel Hahler, #4511)
475
Bram Moolenaara6c27c42019-05-09 19:16:22 +0200476Add a way to create an empty, hidden buffer. Like doing ":new|hide".
477":let buf = bufcreate('name')
478
Bram Moolenaar7dd64a32019-05-31 21:41:05 +0200479Session file contains absolute paths when "curdir" is removed form
480'sessionoptions', making it impossible to have a session with a relative path.
481(#4450)
482
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100483When using a timer callback vgetc_busy is reset, allowing for using input().
484But in a channel callback this does not happen. We need to do something
485similar to check_due_timer(). Also see #3809.
486
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200487C syntax: {} inside () causes following {} to be highlighted as error.
488(Michalis Giannakidis, 2006 Jun 1)
489
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100490Check: __attribute__((format(printf, on semsg() and siemsg(). Where was this
491added?
492
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200493Patch to add a flatten() function. #3676. Check that the doc explains the
494maxdepth argument (applies to the input "recursiveness").
495
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200496Add test for urxvt mouse codes. Also test that mouse coordinates can be
497negative. (see #4326)
498
499'cmdheight' has a tab-local value, but it cannot be obtained with
500`:echo gettabwinvar(2, 1, '&cmdheight')` returns the value for the _current_
501tab page. (Ingo Karkat, #4324)
502:call settabwinvar(1, 1, '&cmdheight', 2) also doesn't work well.
503
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200504This modeline throws unexpected errors: (#4165)
505 vim: syn=nosyntax
506
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200507":doau SomeEvent" gives "No matching autocommands". This message doesn't give
508a hint about how to fix it. (#4300)
509
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100510Make balloon_show() work outside of 'balloonexpr'? Users expect it to work:
511#2948. (related to #1512?)
512On Win32 it stops showing, because showState is already ShS_SHOWING.
513balloon_show() does not work properly in the terminal. (Ben Jackson, 2017 Dec
51420, #2481)
515Also see #2352, want better control over balloon, perhaps set the position.
516Should also be possible to add highlighting, like in the status line?
517balloonexpr() on MS-Windows GUI doesn't handle accented chars? (nivaemail,
5182018 Sep 14)
519Another request: #3811.
520
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200521More warnings from static analysis:
522https://lgtm.com/projects/g/vim/vim/alerts/?mode=list
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200523
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100524Still a E315 error when using terminal. (Masato Nishihata, #3959)
525
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200526Not existing directory in CDPATH leads to two shell calls. (#4525)
527
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200528Use dict_iterate_start() / dict_iterate_next() instead of relying on the
529internals of the dict structure.
530
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100531nvo-mode mapping works on Windows, not on Linux. (#3678)
532
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200533Missing tests for:
534- add_termcap_entry()
535
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200536Redo only remembers the last change. Could use "{count}g." to redo an older
537change. How does the user know which change? At least have a way to list
538them: ":repeats". Add to history, like search history and command line history.
539
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100540Incsearch test fails when locale is "C". (Dominique Pelle, #3986)
541Also run all tests with C locale?
542
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100543"vat" doesn't work well on XML when the closing > is on another line.
544#3927
545
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200546Pasting foo} causes Vim to behave weird. (John Little, 2018 Jun 17)
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200547Related to bracketed paste. I cannot reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200548
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100549When 'confirm' is set a "silent q" doesn't show the prompt. It should in this
550case. (Nate Peterson, 2019 Jan 31, #3892)
551For "silent! q" it should not prompt and just fail.
552
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +0200553Add <aevent>, which expands to the currently triggered autocommand event name.
554(Daniel Hahler, #4232) Or add it to v:event (easier to use but slightly more
555expensive).
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200556
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200557Some xterm responses are not properly handled: (Markus Gömmel, 2019 Apr 1)
558 DCS 0 $ r Pt ST should be ignored.
559 DCS 0 + r/Pt/ ST already ignored?
560
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100561Using CTRL-L to add a character to the search string that contains \v,
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100562punctuation is repeated. (Smylers, 2018 Nov 17, #3621)
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100563
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200564ml_get error: (Israel Chauca Fuentes, 2018 Oct 17, #3550).
565
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200566Patch to add more info to OptionSet. Should mention what triggered the change
567":set", ":setlocal", ":setglobal", "modeline"; and the old global value.
568#4118. Proposed implementation: 2019 Mar 27.
569Updated 2019 May 25.
570
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200571Using single wide base character with double wide composing character gives
572drawing errors. Fill up the base character? (Dominique, #4328)
573
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200574Problem with two buffers with the same name a/b, if it didn't exist before and
575is created outside of Vim. (dskloetg, 2018 Jul 16, #3219)
576
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100577When 'sidescrolloff' is set, using "zl" to go to the end of the line, suddenly
578scrolls back. Should allow for this scrolling, like 'scrolloff' does when
579using CTRL-E. (Yee Cheng Chin, #3721)
580
Bram Moolenaar93a1df22018-09-10 11:51:50 +0200581Invalid memory access with old regexp engine. (Dominique Pelle, 2018 Sep 3,
582#3405) Introduced by 8.0.1517, which was fixing another memory access error.
583(Sep 8)
584
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200585Add function to make use of internal diff, working on two lists and returning
586unified diff (list of lines).
587
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100588When splitting a window with few text lines, the relative cursor position is
589kept, which means part of the text isn't displayed. Better show all the text
590when possible. (Dylan Lloyd, #3973)
591
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100592Make ":interactive !cmd" stop termcap mode, also when used in an autocommand.
593(#3692)
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100594
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100595Add buffer argument to undotree(). (#4001)
596
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200597Using uninitialized value in test_gn
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200598Using uninitialized value in test_crypt.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200599memory leak in test_paste
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200600Memory leak in test_terminal:
601==23530== by 0x2640D7: alloc (misc2.c:874)
602==23530== by 0x2646D6: vim_strsave (misc2.c:1315)
603==23530== by 0x25841D: FullName_save (misc1.c:5443)
604==23530== by 0x17CB4F: fix_fname (buffer.c:4794)
605==23530== by 0x17CB9A: fname_expand (buffer.c:4838)
606==23530== by 0x1759AB: buflist_new (buffer.c:1889)
607==23530== by 0x35C923: term_start (terminal.c:421)
608==23530== by 0x2AFF30: mch_call_shell_terminal (os_unix.c:4377)
609==23530== by 0x2B16BE: mch_call_shell (os_unix.c:5383)
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200610TODO: be able to run all parts of test_alot with valgrind separately
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100611Memory leak in test_alot with pyeval() (allocating partial)
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200612Memory leak in test_alot with expand()
613Memory leaks in test_channel? (or is it because of fork())
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200614
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200615gethostbyname() is old, use getaddrinfo() if available. (#3227)
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200616
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200617matchaddpos() gets slow with many matches. Proposal by Rick Howe, 2018 Jul
61819.
619
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100620Should make 'listchars' global-local. Local to window or to buffer?
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +0100621Probably window. #5206
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100622Add something like 'fillchars' local to window, but allow for specifying a
623highlight name. Esp. for the statusline.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200624And "extends" and "precedes" are also useful without 'list' set. Also in
625'fillchars' or another option?
Bram Moolenaar29634562020-01-09 21:46:04 +0100626Related: #3820 - Support setting the character displayed below the last line?
627Neovim uses "eob:X" in 'fillchars'.
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100628
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100629Sourceforge Vim pages still have content, redirect from empty page.
630Check for PHP errors. (Wayne Davison, 2018 Oct 26)
631
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200632Patch to support ":tag <tagkind> <tagname>". (emmrk, 2018 May 7, #2871)
633Use something like ":tag {kind}/{tagname}".
634Not ready to include.
635
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200636Problem with Visual yank when 'linebreak' and 'showbreak' are set.
637Patch with tests, but it's not clear how it is supposed to work. (tommm, 2018
638Nov 17) Asked about this, Dec 22. Christian will have a look.
639
640Patch for larger icons in installer. (#978) Still not good.
641
642Patch to fix that using "5gj" starting inside a closed fold does not work on
643screen lines but on text lines. (Julius Hulsmann, #4095) Lacks a test.
644
645Patch to implement 'diffref' option. (#3535)
646 Easier to use a 'diffmaster' option, is the extra complexity needed?
647 Not ready to include.
648
649Patch to specify color for cterm=underline and cterm=undercurl, like "guisp".
650Patch #2405 does something like this, but in the wrong way.
651
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200652home_replace() uses $HOME instead of "homedir". (Cesar Martins, 2018 Aug 9)
653
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200654When the status line uses term_gettitle(), it does not get updated when the
655terminal title changes. (Josh Triplett, 2018 Sep 9, #3418)
656How would we know that the status line needs to be updated?
657
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200658Adjust windows installer explanation of behavior. (scootergrisen, #3310)
659
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100660Update for xim-input-style help (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 Jan 10).
661Feedback from someone who uses this?
662
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200663ml_get error. (Dominique Pelle, 2018 Sep 14, #3434)
664
665Only output t_Cs when t_Ce is also set. do not use Cs and Ce termcap entries. (Daniel Hahler, 2018 Sep 25)
666Add t_cS and t_cR for cursor color select and reset. Use Cs and Cr terminfo
667values.
668
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100669Further xdiff changes:
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200670- More options, e.g. different kind of whitespace diff.
671- when editing text, update the surrounding diff blocks.
672- omit diff.exe from distribution
673- Can we make this show differences within a line?
674- add option to use external diff above a certain size.
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200675
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200676Difference between two regexp engines: #3373
677
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100678Patch to add ch_listen() (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2018 Nov 26, #3639)
679What is the practical use for this?
680
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200681When the last line wraps, selecting with the mouse below that line only
682includes the first screen line. (2018 Aug 23, #3368)
683
684Refactored HTML indent file. (Michael Lee, #1821)
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200685Asked to write a test.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200686
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200687MS-Windows: .lnk file not resolved properly when 'encoding' is set.
688(lkintact, 2018 Sep 22, #3473)
689
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100690Merge checking for 'cursorline' and 'concealcursor', see neovim #9492.
691
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200692Display error when a conceal match uses '\%>1l'. (#4854)
693
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200694Add a windowID argument to placing a sign, so that it only shows up in one
695window for the buffer.
696
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200697Request to add sign_setlist() to make it faster to add a lot of signs, e.g.
698when adding a sign for every quickfix entry. (#4557)
699
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100700Win32 key codes are messy. Mike Williams tried to fix that, but now old
701mappings no longer work. Create a new terminal for the better solution?
702
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200703Patch to "fix" 'visualbell'. Add option to set delay? (#1789)
704
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200705Script generated by :mksession does not work well if there are windows with
706modified buffers
707 change "silent only" into "silent only!"
708 change "edit fname" of first buffer to "hide edit fname"
709 skip "badd fname" if "fname" is already in the buffer list
710 remove remark about unloading buffers from documentation
711
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100712Compiler warnings (geeknik, 2017 Oct 26):
713- signed integer overflow in do_sub() (#2249)
714- signed integer overflow in get_address() (#2248)
715- signed integer overflow in getdecchrs() (#2254)
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100716- undefined left shift in get_string_tv() (#2250)
717
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200718Win32 console: <F11> and <F12> typed in Insert mode don't result in normal
719characters. (#3246)
720
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200721'foldtext' is evaluated too often. (Daniel Hahler, #2773)
722
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100723Add Native language protocol server (LSP) support. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2018
724Oct 28)
725
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200726ml_get error when using a Python script. (Yggdroot, 2017 Jun 1, #1737)
727Lemonboy can reproduce (2017 Jun 5)
728Also reproduced by Benjamin Doherty, 2018 Oct 4.
729Simpler way: Ken Takata, Oct 6.
730
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100731Add more testing of the GTK GUI.
732- gtk_test_widget_click() can be used to simulate a click in a widget.
733
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200734Tests failing for "make testgui" with GTK:
735- Test_setbufvar_options()
736- Test_exit_callback_interval()
737
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200738Patch to be able to use hex numbers with :digraph. (Lcd, 2015 Sep 6)
739Update Sep 7. Update by Christian Brabandt, 2015 Sep 8, 2016 Feb 1.
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100740Patch to be able to disable default digraphs (incomplete) (Eric Pruitt, 2018
741Nov 22).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200742
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200743Patch to list user digraphs. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Apr 14)
744
745Patch to add digraph() function. (Christian Brabandt, 2013 Aug 22, update Aug
74624)
747
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100748Try out background make plugin:
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100749 https://github.com/AndrewVos/vim-make-background
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100750or asyncmake:
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100751 https://github.com/yegappan/asyncmake
752
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100753Add a ModeChanged autocommand that has an argument indicating the old and new
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100754mode, as what's returned from mode(). Also used for switching Terminal mode.
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100755
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200756Add an option with file patterns, to be used when unloading a buffer: If there
757is a match, remove entries for the buffer from marks, jumplist, etc. To be
758used for git temp files.
759
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100760Cursor in wrong position when line wraps. (#2540)
761
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200762Setting 'columns' in a BufEnter autocommand causes a second tab width to
763behave strangely, as if there is a gap and a vertical window separator.
764(Michael Soyka, 2018 Sep 23, #3477)
765
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200766Make {skip} argument of searchpair() consistent with other places where we
767pass an expression to evaluate. Allow passing zero for "never skip".
768
Bram Moolenaar25a6e8a2018-03-30 12:27:32 +0200769Add an option similar to 'lazyredraw' to skip redrawing while executing a
770script or function.
771
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200772When using a menu item while the "more" prompt is displayed doesn't work well.
773E.g. after using help->version. Have a key that ends the "more" prompt and
774does nothing otherwise?
775
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200776MS-Windows: write may fail if another program is reading the file.
777If 'readonly' is not set but the file appears to be readonly later, try again
778(wait a little while).
779CreateFile() returns ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION (Linwei, 2018 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100780
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200781Using --remote to open a file in which a # appears does not work on
782MS-Windows. Perhaps in \# the \ is seen as a path separator. (Axel Bender,
7832017 Feb 9) Can we expand wildcards first and send the path literally to the
784receiving Vim? Or make an exception for #, it's not useful remotely.
785
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200786Should add a test for every command line argument. Check coverage for what is
787missing: --nofork, -A , -b, -h, etc.
788
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200789":au * * command" should not be allowed, only use * for event when listing or
790deleting autocmds, not when adding them.
791
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200792Alternative manpager.vim. (Enno, 2018 Jan 5, #2529)
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200793
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100794Delete all the specific stuff for the Borland compiler? (#3374)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200795Patch in #3377 (Thomas Dziedzic)
796
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200797With 'foldmethod' "indent" and appending an empty line, what follows isn't
798included in the existing fold. Deleting the empty line and undo fixes it.
799(Oleg Koshovetc, 2018 Jul 15, #3214)
800
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200801Patch to support "xxd -ps". (Erik Auerswald, 2018 May 1)
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200802Lacks a test.
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200803
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100804Column number is wrong when using 'linebreak' and 'wrap'. (Keith Smiley, 2018
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100805Jan 15, #2555)
806
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200807":bufdo e" disabled syntax HL in windows other than the current. (BPJ)
808
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100809Check argument of systemlist(). (Pavlov)
810
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100811No maintainer for Vietnamese translations.
812No maintainer for Simplified Chinese translations.
813
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200814Python indenting: alternative way to indent arguments:
815http://orchistro.tistory.com/236
816Should be supported with a flag.
817
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100818Starting job with cwd option, when the directory does not exist, gives a
819confusing error message. (Wang Shidong, 2018 Jan 2, #2519)
820
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100821Add the debug command line history to viminfo.
822
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100823Add Makefiles to the runtime/spell directory tree, since nobody uses Aap.
824Will have to explain the manual steps (downloading the .aff and .dic files,
825applying the diff, etc.
826
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200827Pasting a register in Visual mode cannot be repeated. (Mahmoud Al-Qudsi, 2018
828Apr 26, #2849)
829
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100830User dictionary ~/.vim/spell/lang.utf-8.add not used for spell checking until a
831word is re-added to it. (Matej Cepl, 2018 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100832
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100833Fold at end of the buffer behaves inconsistently. (James McCoy, 2017 Oct 9)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200834
Bram Moolenaar0635ee62017-04-28 20:32:33 +0200835With foldmethod=syntax and nofoldenable comment highlighting isn't removed.
836(Marcin Szewczyk, 2017 Apr 26)
837
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200838Using 'wildignore' also applies to literally entered file name. Also with
839:drop (remote commands).
840
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200841Inserting a line in a CompleteDone autocommand may confuse undo. (micbou,
8422018 Jun 18, #3027)
843
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200844Implement option_save() and option_restore():
845option_restore({list}) *option_restore()*
846 Restore options previously saved by option_save().
847 When buffer-local options have been saved, this function must
848 be called when the same buffer is the current buffer.
849 When window-local options have been saved, this function must
850 be called when the same window is the current window.
851 When in the wrong buffer and/or window an error is given and
852 the local options won't be restored.
853
854option_save({list}) *option_save()*
855 Saves the options named in {list}. The returned value can be
856 passed to option_restore(). Example: >
857 let s:saved_options = option_save([
858 \ 'ignorecase',
859 \ 'iskeyword',
860 \ ])
861 au <buffer> BufLeave *
862 \ call option_restore(s:saved_options)
863< The advantage over using `:let` is that global and local
864 values are handled and the script ID is restored, so that
865 `:verbose set` will show where the option was originally set,
866 not where it was restored.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100867 Alternatively: save and restore ALL options. Implementation needs to use
868 copy-on-write. Return an ID from option_save(), when
869 option_restore(ID) is called give an error if another option_save()
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100870 was called in the meantime, they must be balanced.
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200871
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100872"gvim --remote" from a directory with non-word characters changes the current
873directory (Paulo Marcel Coelho Arabic, 2017 Oct 30, #2266)
874Also see #1689.
875
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100876When 'virtualedit' is "all" and 'cursorcolumn' is set, the wrong column may be
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100877highlighted. (van-de-bugger, 2018 Jan 23, #2576)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100878
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200879":file" does not show anything when 'shortmess' contains 'F'. (#3070)
880
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100881No profile information for function that executes ":quit". (Daniel Hahler,
8822017 Dec 26, #2501)
883
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200884A function on a dictionary is not profiled. (ZyX, 2010 Dec 25)
885
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200886Add script number to profile? (#3330 breaks tests).
887
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200888A function defined locally and lambda's are not easily recognized.
889Mention where they were defined somewhere.
890
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100891Invalid range error when using BufWinLeave for closing terminal.
892(Gabriel Barta, 2017 Nov 15, #2339)
893
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200894ml_get errors with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
895
896Error in emsg with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
897
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100898Join truncates xml comment. (Dmitrii Tcyganok, 2017 Dec 24, #2494)
899Requires 'formatoptions' to include "j". (Gary Johnson, 2017 Dec 24)
900
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100901Patch to support hunspell. (Matej Cepl, Jan 2018, #2500) Based on older patch
902in #846)
903Doesn't work on Windows yet. Not ready to included, hard coded paths.
904
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200905Win32 GUI: when running a fast timer, the cursor no longer blinks.
906Was reported: cursor blinks in terminal on widows with a timer. (xtal8, #2142)
907
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100908When a timer is running and typing CTRL-R on the command line, it is not
909redrawn properly. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 23, #2241)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200910
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100911In an optional package the "after" directory is not scanned?
912(Renato Fabbri, 2018 Feb 22)
913
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100914Patch for Neovim concerning restoring when closing help window. (glacambre
915neovim #7431)
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100916
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100917Patch for improving detecting Ruby on Mac in configure. (Ilya Mikhaltsou, 2017
918Nov 21)
919
Bram Moolenaar7db25fe2018-05-13 00:02:36 +0200920When t_Co is changed from termresponse, the OptionSet autocmmand event isn't
921triggered. Use the code from the end of set_num_option() in
922set_color_count().
923
924Add another autocommand like TermResponse that is fired for the other terminal
925responses, such as bg and fg. Use "bg", "fg", "blink", etc. for the name.
926
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100927When using command line window, CmdlineLeave is triggered without
928CmdlineEnter. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 30, #2263)
929Add some way to get the nested state. Although CmdwinEnter is obviously
930always nested.
931
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200932matchit hasn't been maintained for a long time. #955.
933
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100934Problem with 'delcombine'. (agguser, 2017 Nov 10, #2313)
935
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100936MS-Windows: buffer completion doesn't work when using backslash (or slash)
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100937for a path separator. (xtal8, #2201)
938
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200939Would be nice for Insert mode completion to highlight the text that was added
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100940(and may change when picking another completion).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200941
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200942Test runtime files.
943Start with filetype detection: testdir/test_filetype.vim
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200944
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200945Window not closed when deleting buffer. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Aug 27, #2029)
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200946
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200947Add options_default() / options_restore() to set several options to Vim
948defaults for a plugin. Comments from Zyx, 2017 May 10.
949Perhaps use a vimcontext / endvimcontext command block.
950
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200951After using :noautocmd CursorMoved may still trigger. (Andy Stewart, 2017 Sep
95213, #2084). Set old position after the command.
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200953
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200954When bracketed paste is used, pasting at the ":append" prompt does not get the
955line breaks. (Ken Takata, 2017 Aug 22)
956
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100957The ":move" command does not honor closed folds. (Ryan Lue, #2351)
958
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200959Patch to fix increment/decrement not working properly when 'virtualedit' is
960set. (Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Aug 1, #923)
961
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100962Cannot copy modeless selection when cursor is inside it. (lkintact, #2300)
963
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200964Test_writefile_fails_conversion failure on Solaris because if different iconv
965behavior. Skip when "uname" returns "SunOS"? (Pavel Heimlich, #1872)
966
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100967'tagrelative' is broken in specific situation. (xaizek, 2017 Oct 19, #2221)
968
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200969The ++ options for the :edit command are also useful on the Vim command line.
970
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100971When recovering a file, put the swap file name in b:recovered_swapfile. Then
972a command can delete it.
973
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200974Overlong utf-8 sequence is displayed wrong. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Sep 14,
975#2089) Patch with possible solution by Björn Linse.
976
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100977The change list index is local to a buffer, but it doesn't make sense using it
978for another buffer. (lacygoll) Copy w_changelistidx to wininfo_S and back.
979
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200980X11: Putting more than about 262040 characters of text on the clipboard and
981pasting it in another Vim doesn't work. (Dominique Pelle, 2008 Aug 21-23)
982clip_x11_request_selection_cb() is called with zero value and length.
983Also: Get an error message from free() in the process that owns the selection.
984Seems to happen when the selection is requested the second time, but before
985clip_x11_convert_selection_cb() is invoked, thus in X library code.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200986Kazunobu Kuriyama is working on a proper fix. (2017 Jul 25)
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200987
988Problem with three-piece comment. (Michael Lee, 2017 May 11, #1696)
989
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200990Creating a partial with an autoload function is confused about the "self"
991attribute of the function. For an unknown function assume "self" and make
992that optiona? (Bjorn Linse, 2017 Aug 5)
993
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200994Cindent: returning a structure has more indent for the second item.
995(Sam Pagenkopf, 2017 Sep 14, #2090)
996
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100997Patch from Christian Brabandt to preserve upper case marks when wiping out a
998buffer. (2013 Dec 9)
999Also fixes #2166?
1000
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02001001Python: After "import vim" error messages only show the first line of the
1002stack trace. (Yggdroot, 2017 Jul 28, #1887)
1003
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001004Profile of a dict function is lost when the dict is deleted. Would it be
1005possible to collect this? (Daniel Hahler, #2350)
1006
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001007When checking if a bufref is valid, also check the buffer number, to catch the
1008case of :bwipe followed by :new.
1009
Bram Moolenaarb6e0ec62017-07-23 22:12:20 +02001010Patch to skip writing a temp file for diffing if the buffer is equal to the
1011existing file. (Akria Sheng, 2017 Jul 22)
1012Could also skip writing lines that are the same.
1013
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02001014Patch with Files for Latvian language. (Vitolins, 2017 May 3, #1675)
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001015
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001016MS-Windows: Opening same file in a second gvim hangs. (Sven Bruggemann, 2017
1017Jul 4)
1018
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001019Setting 'clipboard' to "unnamed" makes a global command very slow (Daniel
1020Drucker, 2017 May 8).
1021This was supposed to be fixed, did it break again somehow?
1022Christian cannot reproduce it.
1023
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001024Using composing char in mapping does not work properly. maparg() shows the
1025wrong thing. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Jul 8, #1827)
1026Or is this not an actual problem?
1027
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001028Better TeX indent file. (Christian Brabandt, 2017 May 3)
1029
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001030Patch to use a separate code for BS on Windows. (Linwei, #1823)
1031
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001032Use gvimext.dll from the nightly build? (Issue #249)
1033
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001034'synmaxcol' works with bytes instead of screen cells. (Llandon, 2017 May 31,
1035#1736)
1036
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001037Problem with using :cd when remotely editing a file. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2017 May
10388, #1690)
1039
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001040Bogus characters inserted when triggering indent while changing text.
1041(Vitor Antunes, 2016 Nov 22, #1269)
1042
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001043Using "wviminfo /tmp/viminfo" does not store file marks that Vim knows about,
1044it only works when merging with an existing file. (Shougo, 2017 Jun 19, #1781)
1045
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001046Segmentation fault with complete(). (Lifepillar, 2017 Apr 29, #1668)
1047Check for "pat" to be NULL in search_for_exact_line()?
1048How did it get NULL? Comment by Christian, Apr 30.
1049
1050Is it possible to keep the complete menu open when calling complete()?
1051(Prabir Shrestha, 2017 May 19, #1713)
1052
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001053Memory leak in test97? The string is actually freed. Weird.
1054
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001055assert_fails() can only check for the first error. Make it possible to have
1056it catch multiple errors and check all of them.
1057
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001058Add a toolbar in the terminal. Can be global, above all windows, or specific
1059for one window.
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001060
1061Make maparg() also return the raw rhs, so that it doesn't depend on 'cpo'.
1062(Brett Stahlman, 2017 May 23)
1063Even better: add a way to disable a mapping temporarily and re-enable it
1064later. This is for a sub-mode that is active for a short while (one buffer).
1065Still need maplist() to find the mappings. What can we use to identify a
1066mapping? Something unique would be better than the LHS.
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001067Perhaps simpler: actually delete the mappings. Use maplist() to list matching
1068mappings (with a lhs prefix, like maparg()), mapdelete() to delete,
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001069maprestore() to restore (using the output of maplist()).
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001070
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +01001071Add an argument to :mkvimrc (or add another command) to skip mappings from
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001072plugins (source is a Vim script). No need to put these in a .vimrc, they will
1073be defined when the plugin is loaded.
1074
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001075Use tb_set(winid, [{'text': 'stop', 'cb': callback, 'hi': 'Green'}])
1076 tb_highlight(winid, 'ToolBar')
1077 tb_get(winid)
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001078
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +02001079json_encode(): should convert to utf-8. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Jan 23)
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001080What if there is an invalid character?
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001081
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001082Json string with trailing \u should be an error. (Lcd)
1083
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001084import can't be used in define option when include matches too.
1085(Romain Lafourcade, 2017 Jun 18, #1519)
1086
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001087When session file has name in argument list but the buffer was deleted, the
1088buffer is not deleted when using the session file. (#1393)
1089Should add the buffer in hidden state.
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001090
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001091Wrong diff highlighting with three files. (2016 Oct 20, #1186)
1092Also get E749 on exit.
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001093Another example in #1309
1094
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001095When deleting a mark or register, leave a tombstone, so that it's also deleted
1096when writing viminfo (and the delete was the most recent action). #1339
1097
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001098Suggestion to improve pt-br spell checking. (Marcelo D Montu, 2016 Dec 15,
1099#1330)
1100
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001101Error in test_startup_utf8 on Solaris. (Danek Duvall, 2016 Aug 17)
1102
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001103Completion for :!cmd shows each match twice. #1435
1104
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001105GTK: When adding a timer from 'balloonexpr' it won't fire, because
1106g_main_context_iteration() doesn't return. Need to trigger an event when the
1107timer expires.
1108
1109Screen update bug related to matchparen. (Chris Heath, 2017 Mar 4, #1532)
1110
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001111Rule to use "^" for statusline does not work if a space is defined with
1112highlighting for both stl and stlnc. Patch by Ken Hamada (itchyny, 2016 Dec 11)
1113
11148 "stl" and "stlnc" in 'fillchars' don't work for multi-byte characters.
1115 Patch by Christian Wellenbrock, 2013 Jul 5.
1116
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001117Using CTRL-G_U in InsertCharPre causes trouble for redo. (Israel Chauca
1118Fuentes, 2017 Feb 12, #1470)
1119
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001120Add a "keytrans()" function, which turns the internal byte representation of a
1121key into a form that can be used for :map. E.g.
1122 let xx = "\<C-Home>"
1123 echo keytrans(xx)
1124 <C-Home>
1125
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001126Check for errors E704 and E705 only does VAR_FUNC, should also do VAR_PARTIAL.
1127(Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Mar 13, #1557)
1128Make a function to check for function-like type?
1129
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001130Screen updated delayed when using CTRL-O u in Insert mode.
1131(Barlik, #1191) Perhaps because status message?
1132
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +01001133Implement named arguments for functions:
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001134 func Foo(start, count = 1 all = 1)
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001135 call Foo(12, all = 0)
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001136
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001137Add a command to take a range of lines, filter them and put the output
1138somewhere else. :{range}copy {dest} !cmd
1139
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001140Patch to fix that empty first tab is not in session.
1141(Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Nov 25, #1282)
1142
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001143Patch to fix escaping of job arguments. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2016 Oct 5)
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001144Update Oct 14: https://gist.github.com/mattn/d47e7d3bfe5ade4be86062b565a4bfca
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001145Update Aug 2017: #1954
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001146
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001147The TermResponse event is not triggered when a plugin has set 'eventignore' to
1148"all". Netrw does this. (Gary Johnson, 2017 Jan 24)
1149Postpone the event until 'eventignore' is reset.
1150
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02001151Expanding /**/ is slow. Idea by Luc Hermitte, 2017 Apr 14.
1152
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001153Once .exe with updated installer is available: Add remark to download page
1154about /S and /D options (Ken Takata, 2016 Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001155Or point to nightly builds: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases
1156
Bram Moolenaar220adb12016-09-12 12:17:26 +02001157Problem passing non-UTF-8 strings to Python 3. (Björn Linse, 2016 Sep 11,
1158#1053) With patch, does it work?
1159
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001160":sbr" docs state it respects 'switchbuf', but "vsplit" does not cause a
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001161vertical split. (Haldean Brown, 2017 Mar 1)
1162
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001163Use ADDR_OTHER instead of ADDR_LINES for many more commands.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +02001164E.g. all the location list commands use a count.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001165Add tests for using number larger than number of lines in buffer.
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001166
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001167Might be useful to have isreadonly(), like we have islocked().
1168Avoids exceptions, e.g. when using the b: namespace as a dict.
1169
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001170Patch to make v:shell_error writable. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Sep 27)
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001171Useful to restore it. Is there another solution?
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001172
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001173"ci[" does not look for next [ like ci" does look for next ".
1174(J.F. 2017 Jan 7)
1175
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001176Patch for wrong cursor position on wrapped line, involving breakindent.
1177(Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 25)
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001178Does this also fix #1408 ?
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001179
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001180'cursorline' and match interfere. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2017 Jun 23, #1792)
1181
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001182Patch for 'cursorlinenr' option. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 30)
1183
Bram Moolenaar0635ee62017-04-28 20:32:33 +02001184When 'completeopt' has "noselect" does not insert a newline. (Lifepillar, 2017
1185Apr 23, #1653)
Bram Moolenaarade0d392020-01-21 22:33:58 +01001186Can 'completeopt' be made buffer-local? (#5487)
Bram Moolenaar0635ee62017-04-28 20:32:33 +02001187
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001188Window resizing with 'winfixheight': With a vertical split the height changes
1189anyway. (Tommy allen, 2017 Feb 21, #1502)
1190
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001191Invalid behavior with NULL list. (Nikolai Pavlov, #768)
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02001192E.g. deepcopy(test_null_list())
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001193
Bram Moolenaar3e496b02016-09-25 22:11:48 +02001194Patch to make it possible to extend a list with itself.
1195(Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Sep 23)
1196
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001197Patch to add Zstandard compressed file support. (Nick Terrell, 2016 Oct 24)
1198
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001199On Windows buffer completion sees backslash as escape char instead of path
1200separator. (Toffanim, 2016 Nov 24, #1274)
1201
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001202min() and max() spawn lots of error messages if sorted list/dictionary
1203contains invalid data (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Sep 4, #1039)
1204
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001205Should :vmap in matchit.vim be :xmap? (Tony Mechelynck)
1206
Bram Moolenaar26852122016-05-24 20:02:38 +02001207Problem with whitespace in errorformat. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2016 May 15, #807)
1208
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001209Undo problem: "g-" doesn't go back, gets stuck. (Björn Linse, 2016 Jul 18)
1210
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001211Add "unicode true" to NSIS installer. Doesn't work with Windows 95, which we
1212no longer support.
1213
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001214sort() is not stable when using numeric/float sort (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Sep
12154#1038)
1216
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001217+channel:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +02001218- Add a in_cb, invoked when the write buffer has become empty. (Matteo Landi)
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +01001219- Add ch_readlines(): for a channel in NL mode, reads as many lines as are
1220 available. Should be more efficient than looping over ch_read() with
1221 ch_status() to check for more.
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001222- Add a separate timeout for opening a socket. Currently it's fixed at 50
1223 msec, which is too small for a remote connection. (tverniquet, #2130)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001224- Problem with stderr on Windows? (Vincent Rischmann, 2016 Aug 31, #1026)
1225- Writing raw mode to a buffer should still handle NL characters as line
1226 breaks. (Dmitry Zotikov, 2017 Aug 16)
1227- When out_cb executes :sleep, the close_cb may be invoked. (Daniel Hahler,
1228 2016 Dec 11, #1320)
1229- Implement |job-term| ?
Bram Moolenaar2a953fc2019-01-26 17:41:47 +01001230- Calling a function when receiving a "call" on a channel, using feedkeys()
1231 does not work. It does work from a timer. (Qiming Zhao, #3852)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001232- Channel test fails with Motif. Sometimes kills the X11 server.
1233- When a message in the queue but there is no callback, drop it after a while?
1234 Add timestamp to queued messages and callbacks with ID, remove after a
1235 minute. Option to set the droptime.
1236- Add an option to drop text of very long lines? Default to 1 Mbyte.
1237- Add remark about undo sync, is there a way to force it?
1238- When starting a job, have an option to open the server socket, so we know
1239 the port, and pass it to the command with --socket-fd {nr}. (Olaf Dabrunz,
1240 Feb 9) How to do this on MS-Windows?
1241- For connection to server, a "keep open" flag would be useful. Retry
1242 connecting in the main loop with zero timeout.
1243- job_start(): run job in a newly opened terminal (not a terminal window).
1244 With xterm could use -S{pty}.
1245 Although user could use "xterm -e 'cmd arg'".
1246
1247Regexp problems:
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +01001248- NFA engine can be slow for some patterns. Dominique found out that most
1249 time is spent in addstate_here() copying the threads. Instead of copying,
1250 let each thread point to the next one (by offset, the list is reallocated).
1251 (Dominique Pelle, 2019 Feb 18)
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02001252- Old engine: using 'incsearch' /\Zabc does not highlight the "c" if it has a
1253 composing character. New engine is OK. (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001254- When search pattern has the base character both with and without combining
1255 character, search fails. E.g. "รรีบ" in "การรีบรักใคร". (agguser, #2312)
1256- [:space:] only matches ASCII spaces. Add [:white:] for all space-like
1257 characters, esp. including 0xa0. Use character class zero.
1258- Since 7.4.704 the old regex engine fails to match [[:print:]] in 0xf6.
1259 (Manuel Ortega, 2016 Apr 24)
1260 Test fails on Mac. Avoid using isalpha(), isalnum(), etc? Depends on
1261 LC_CTYPE
1262- The old engine does not find a match for "/\%#=1\(\)\{80}", the new engine
1263 matches everywhere.
1264- Using win_linetabsize() can still be slow. Cache the result, store col and
1265 vcol. Reset them when moving to another line.
1266- Very slow with a long line and Ruby highlighting. (John Whitley, 2014 Dec 4)
1267- Bug with pattern: '\vblock (\d+)\.\n.*\d+%(\1)@<!\.$'
1268 (Lech Lorens, 2014 Feb 3)
1269- Issue 164: freeze on regexp search.
1270- Ignorecase not handled properly for multi-byte characters. (Axel Bender,
1271 2013 Dec 11)
1272- Using \@> and \?. (Brett Stahlman, 2013 Dec 21) Remark from Marcin
1273 Szamotulski; Remark from Brett 2014 Jan 6 and 7.
1274- NFA regexp doesn't handle \%<v correctly. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 May 12)
1275- Does not work with NFA regexp engine:
1276 \%u, \%x, \%o, \%d followed by a composing character
1277- Search for \%d0\+ may fail with E363. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Oct 4)
1278- \%'[ does not work. '%'] does work. (Masaaki Nakamura, 2016 Apr 4)
1279- Bug relating to back references. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Jul 24)
1280- New RE does not give an error for empty group: "\(\)\{2}" (Dominique Pelle,
1281 2015 Feb 7)
1282- Using back reference before the capturing group sometimes works with the old
1283 engine, can we do this with the new engine? E.g. with
1284 "/\%(<\1>\)\@<=.*\%(<\/\(\w\+\)>\)\@=" matching text inside HTML tags.
1285 This problem is probably the same: "\%(^\1.*$\n\)\@<=\(\d\+\).*$".
1286 (guotuofeng, 2015 Jun 22)
1287- Strange matching with "\(Hello\n\)\@<=A". (Anas Syed, 2015 Feb 12)
1288- Problem with \v(A)@<=b+\1c. (Issue 334)
1289- Diff highlighting can be very slow. (Issue 309)
1290- Using %> for a virtual column has a check based on 'tabsize'. Better would
1291 be to cache the result of win_linetabsize(col), storing both col and vcol,
1292 and use them to decide whether win_linetabsize() needs to be called. Reset
1293 col and vcol when moving to another line.
1294- this doesn't work: "syntax match ErrorMsg /.\%9l\%>20c\&\%<28c/". Leaving
1295 out the \& works. Seems any column check after \& fails.
1296- Difference between two engines: ".*\zs\/\@>\/" on text "///"
1297 (Chris Paul, 2016 Nov 13) New engine not greedy enough?
1298 Another one: echom matchstr(" sdfsfsf\n sfdsdfsdf",'[^\n]*')
1299 (2017 May 15, #1252)
1300
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001301Feature request: Complete members of a dictionary. (Luc Hermitte, 2017 Jan 4,
1302#1350)
1303
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02001304Undo message is not always properly displayed. Patch by Ken Takata, 2013 oct
13053. Doesn't work properly according to Yukihiro Nakadaira.
1306Also see #1635.
1307
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001308Patch for systemlist(), add empty item. (thinca, Sep 30, #1135)
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001309Add an argument to choose binary or non-binary (like readfile()), when omitted
1310use the current behavior.
1311Include the test.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001312
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001313When 'keywordprg' starts with ":" the argument is still escaped as a shell
1314command argument. (Romain Lafourcade, 2016 Oct 16, #1175)
1315
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001316Idea from Sven: record sequence of keys. Useful to show others what they are
1317doing (look over the shoulder), and also to see what happened.
1318Probably list of keystrokes, with some annotations for mode changes.
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001319Could store in logfile to be able to analyse it with an external command.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001320E.g. to see when's the last time a plugin command was used.
1321
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +01001322execute() cannot be used with command completion. (Daniel Hahler, 2016 Oct 1,
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001323#1141)
1324
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001325cmap using execute() has side effects. (Killthemule, 2016 Aug 17, #983)
1326
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001327:map X may print invalid data. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2017 Jul 3, #1816)
1328
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001329Patch to order results from taglist(). (Duncan McDougall, 2016 Oct 25)
1330
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02001331When using ":diffput" through a mapping, undo in the target buffer isn't
1332synced. (Ryan Carney, 2016 Sep 14)
1333
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001334Syntax highlighting for messages with RFC3339 timestamp (#946)
1335Did maintainer reply?
Bram Moolenaar42ebd062016-07-17 13:35:14 +02001336
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02001337Patch to avoid problem with special characters in file name.
1338(Shougo, 2016 Sept 19, #1099) Not finished?
1339
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001340ml_get errors when reloading file. (Chris Desjardins, 2016 Apr 19)
1341Also with latest version.
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001342
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001343Cannot delete a file with square brackets with delete(). (#696)
1344
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001345Patch to add ":syn foldlevel" to use fold level further down the line.
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001346(Brad King, 2016 Oct 19, update 2017 Jan 30)
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001347
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001348Completion for input() does not expand environment variables. (chdiza, 2016
1349Jul 25, #948)
1350
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001351Patch to add 'systemencoding', convert between 'encoding' and this for file
1352names, shell commands and the like. (Kikuchan, 2010 Oct 14)
1353Assume the system converts between the actual encoding of the filesystem to
1354the system encoding (usually utf-8).
1355
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02001356'hlsearch' interferes with a Conceal match. (Rom Grk, 2016 Aug 9)
1357
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02001358MS-Windows: use WS_HIDE instead of SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE in os_win32.c?
1359Otherwise task flickers in taskbar.
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001360
1361Should make ":@r" handle line continuation. (Cesar Romani, 2016 Jun 26)
1362Also for ":@.".
1363
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02001364Repeating 'opfunc' in a function only works once. (Tarmean, 2016 Jul 15, #925)
1365
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001366Have a way to get the call stack, in a function and from an exception.
1367#1125
1368
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02001369Second problem in #966: ins_compl_add_tv() uses get_dict_string() multiple
1370times, overwrites the one buffer. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Aug 5)
1371
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001372Possibly wrong value for seq_cur. (Florent Fayolle, 2016 May 15, #806)
1373
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001374Filetype plugin for awk. (Doug Kearns, 2016 Sep 5)
1375
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001376Patch to improve map documentation. Issue #799.
1377
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001378Patch for syntax folding optimization. (Shougo, 2016 Sep 6, #1045)
1379
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01001380We can use '. to go to the last change in the current buffer, but how about
1381the last change in any buffer? Can we use ', (, is next to .)?
1382
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001383Ramel Eshed: system() is much slower than job_start(), why? (Aug 26)
1384
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001385When generating the Unicode tables with runtime/tools/unicode.vim the
1386emoji_width table has only one entry.
1387
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001388It's possible to add ",," to 'wildignore', an empty entry. Causes problems.
1389Reject the value? #710.
1390
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001391When doing "vi buf.md" a BufNew autocommand for *.md is not triggered.
1392Because of using the initial buffer? (Dun Peal, 2016 May 12)
1393
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02001394Add redrawtabline command. (Naruhiko Nishino, 2016 Jun 11)
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001395
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001396Neovim patch for utfc_ptr2char_len() https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/4574
1397No test, needs some work to include.
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001398
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001399Patch to improve indenting for C++ constructor with initializer list.
1400(Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Mar 31)
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01001401
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001402Zero-out krypt key information when no longer in use. (Ben Fritz, 2017 May 15)
1403
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001404Add stronger encryption. Could use libsodium (NaCl).
1405https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/
1406Possibly include the needed code so that it can be build everywhere.
1407
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001408Add a way to restart a timer. It's similar to timer_stop() and timer_start(),
1409but the reference remains valid.
1410
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +02001411Need to try out instructions in INSTALLpc.txt about how to install all
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01001412interfaces and how to build Vim with them.
1413Appveyor build with self-installing executable, includes getting most
1414interfaces: https://github.com/k-takata/vim/tree/chrisbra-appveyor-build
1415result: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/k-takata/vim/history
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001416
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001417Problem that a previous silent ":throw" causes a following try/catch not to
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001418work. (ZyX, 2013 Sep 28) With examples: (Malcolm Rowe, 2015 Dec 24)
Bram Moolenaarbaca7f72013-09-22 14:42:24 +02001419
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001420Problem using ":try" inside ":execute". (ZyX, 2013 Sep 15)
1421
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001422Patch to make tests pass with EBCDIC. (Owen Leibman, 2016 Apr 10)
1423
Bram Moolenaare4a3bcf2016-08-26 19:52:37 +02001424Add ":read :command", to insert the output of an Ex command?
1425Can already do it with ":$put =execute('command')".
1426
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001427When repeating the 'confirm' dialog one needs to press Enter. (ds26gte, 2016
1428Apr 17) #762
1429
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02001430exists(":tearoff") does not tell you if the command is implemented. (Tony
1431Mechelynck) Perhaps use exists("::tearoff") to check?
1432
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001433Use vim.vim syntax highlighting for help file examples, but without ":" in
1434'iskeyword' for syntax.
1435
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001436Patch to make "%:h:h" return "." instead of the full path.
1437(Coot, 2016 Jan 24, #592)
1438
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001439Remove SPACE_IN_FILENAME ? What could possibly go wrong?
1440
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +02001441When command names are very long :command output is difficult to read. Use a
1442maximum for the column width? (#871)
Bram Moolenaar802a0d92016-06-26 16:17:58 +02001443Patcy by varmanishant, 2016 Jun 18, #876
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +02001444
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001445Installation of .desktop files does not work everywhere.
1446It's now fixed, but the target directory probably isn't right.
1447Add configure check?
1448Should use /usr/local/share/applications or /usr/share/applications.
1449Or use $XDG_DATA_DIRS.
1450Also need to run update-desktop-database (Kuriyama Kazunobu, 2015 Nov 4)
1451
Bram Moolenaar369b6f52017-01-17 12:22:32 +01001452Test object i{ and it do not behave the same. #1379
1453Do not include the linebreak at the start?
1454
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001455Feature request: add the "al" text object, to manipulate a screen line.
1456Especially useful when using 'linebreak'
1457
Bram Moolenaar438f67a2014-01-07 06:09:28 +01001458":cd C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc*" does not work, even though the
1459directory exists. (Sergio Gallelli, 2013 Dec 29)
1460
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001461In debug mode one can inspect variables, but not the function parameters
1462(starting with a:). (Luc Hermitte, 2017 Jan 4, #1352)
1463
Bram Moolenaar06481422016-04-30 15:13:38 +02001464If ":bd" also closes a Tab page then the " mark is not set. (Harm te Hennepe,
14652016 Apr 25, #780)
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001466
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001467Patch to avoid redrawing tabline when the popup menu is visible.
1468(Christian Brabandt, 2016 Jan 28)
1469
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001470Patch to show search statistics. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Jul 22)
1471
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001472When the CursorMovedI event triggers, and CTRL-X was typed, a script cannot
1473restore the mode properly. (Andrew Stewart, 2016 Apr 20)
1474Do not trigger the event?
1475
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02001476Using ":windo" to set options in all windows has the side effect that it
1477changes the window layout and the current window. Make a variant that saves
1478and restores. Use in the matchparen plugin.
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01001479Perhaps we can use ":windo <restore> {cmd}"?
1480Patch to add <restore> to :windo, :bufdo, etc. (Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jan
14816, 2nd message)
1482Alternative: ":keeppos" command modifier: ":keeppos windo {cmd}".
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001483
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001484Patch to fix display of listchars on the cursorline. (Nayuri Aohime, 2013)
1485Update suggested by Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Nov 25:
1486https://gist.github.com/presuku/d3d6b230b9b6dcfc0477
1487
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001488Patch to make the behavior of "w" more straightforward, but not Vi compatible.
1489With a 'cpo' flag. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Feb 8)
1490
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001491Patch to add optionproperties(). (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Mar 27, update Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001492
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +01001493Patch to add TagNotFound autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 3)
1494
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001495Patch to add Error autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 17)
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001496Only remembers one error.
1497
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02001498GVim: when both Tab and CTRL-I are mapped, use CTRL-I not for Tab.
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001499
Bram Moolenaar12969c02015-09-08 23:36:10 +02001500Unexpected delay when using CTRL-O u. It's not timeoutlen.
1501(Gary Johnson, 2015 Aug 28)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001502
Bram Moolenaar345efa02016-01-15 20:57:49 +01001503Instead of separately uploading patches to the ftp site, we can get them from
1504github with a URL like this:
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001505 https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v7.4.920%5E...v7.4.920.diff
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001506Diff for version.c contains more context, can't skip a patch.
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001507
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001508Python: ":py raw_input('prompt')" doesn't work. (Manu Hack)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001509
Bram Moolenaar77cdfd12016-03-12 12:57:59 +01001510Comparing nested structures with "==" uses a different comparator than when
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001511comparing individual items.
1512Also, "'' == 0" evaluates to true, which isn't nice.
1513Add "===" to have a strict comparison (type and value match).
1514Add "==*" (?) to have a value match, but no automatic conversion, and v:true
1515equals 1 and 1.0, v:false equals 0 and 0.0.?
1516
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001517Using uninitialized memory. (Dominique Pelle, 2015 Nov 4)
1518
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001519MS-Windows: When editing a file with a leading space, writing it uses the
1520wrong name. (Aram, 2014 Nov 7) Vim 7.4.
1521
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001522Can't recognize the $ProgramFiles(x86) environment variable. Recognize it
1523specifically? First try with the parens, then without.
1524
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001525Patch to add :mapgroup, put mappings in a group like augroup.
1526(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2016 Feb 19)
1527
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001528Value returned by virtcol() changes depending on how lines wrap. This is
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001529inconsistent with the documentation.
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001530
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001531Value of virtcol() for '[ and '] depend on multi-byte character.
1532(Luchr, #277)
1533
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001534Can we cache the syntax attributes, so that updates for 'relativenumber' and
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001535'cursorline'/'cursorcolumn' are a lot faster? Thus store the attributes
1536before combining them.
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001537
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001538C highlighting: modern C allows: /* comment */ #ifdef
1539and also line continuation after #include.
1540I can't recommend it though.
1541
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001542Build with Python on Mac does not always use the right library.
1543(Kazunobu Kuriyama, 2015 Mar 28)
1544
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001545To support Thai (and other languages) word boundaries, include the ICU
1546library: http://userguide.icu-project.org/boundaryanalysis
1547
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001548When complete() first argument is before where insert started and 'backspace'
1549is Vi compatible, the completion fails. (Hirohito Higashi, 2015 Feb 19)
1550
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001551Patch to use two highlight groups for relative numbers. (Shaun Brady, 2016 Jan
155230)
1553
Bram Moolenaar75b81562014-04-06 14:09:13 +02001554MS-Windows: Crash opening very long file name starting with "\\".
1555(Christian Brock, 2012 Jun 29)
1556
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001557The OptionSet autocommand event is not always triggered. (Rick Howe, 2015 Sep
155824): :diffthis, :diffoff.
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001559
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001560":set all&" still does not handle all side effects. Centralize handling side
1561effects for when set by the user, on init and when reset to default.
1562
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001563":tag" does not jump to the right entry of a :tselect. (James Speros, 2015 Oct
15649)
1565
1566The argument for "-S" is not taken literally, the ":so" command expands
1567wildcards. Add a ":nowild" command modifier? (ZyX, 2015 March 4)
1568
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001569Proposal to make options.txt easier to read. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Aug 5)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001570Update Aug 14.
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001571
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001572When using --remote-tab on MS-Windows 'encoding' hasn't been initialized yet,
1573the file name ends up encoded wrong. (Raul Coronado, 2015 Dec 21)
1574
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001575Example in editing.txt uses $HOME with the expectation that it ends in a
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001576slash. For me it does, but perhaps not for everybody. Add a function that
1577inserts a slash when needed? pathconcat(dir, path) (Thilo Six, 2015 Aug 12)
1578
Bram Moolenaar91e15e12014-09-19 22:38:48 +02001579ml_updatechunk() is slow when retrying for another encoding. (John Little,
15802014 Sep 11)
1581
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001582Patch to fix checking global option value when not using it.
1583(Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 23)
1584
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001585When 'showbreak' is set repeating a Visual operation counts the size of the
1586'showbreak' text as part of the operation. (Axel Bender, 2015 Jul 20)
1587
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001588Patch to add grepfile(). (Scott Prager, 2015 May 26)
1589Work in progress.
1590
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001591Would be useful to have a treemap() or deepmap() function. Like map() but
1592when an item is a list or dict would recurse into it.
1593
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001594Patch for global-local options consistency. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 22)
1595Is this right?
1596
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001597Patch to make getregtype() return the right size for non-linux systems.
1598(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Jul 8)
1599Breaks test_eval. Inefficient, can we only compute y_width when needed?
1600
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001601Patch to use different terminal mode settings for system(). (Hayaki Saito)
1602Does this work for everybody?
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001603
Bram Moolenaare2db6c92015-06-19 18:48:41 +02001604Patch for man.vim. (SungHyun Nam, 2015 May 20)
1605Doesn't work completely (Dominique Orban)
1606
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001607Patch to add a "literal" argument to bufnr(). (Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 Aug 4)
1608
Bram Moolenaar5837f1f2015-03-21 18:06:14 +01001609When a session file is created and there are "nofile" buffers, these are not
1610filled. Need to trigger BufReadCmd autocommands. Also handle deleting the
1611initial empty buffer better. (ZyX, 2015 March 8)
1612
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001613Extended file attributes lost on write (backupcopy=no). Issue 306.
1614
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001615Patch to add :lockjumps. (Carlo Baldassi, 2015 May 25)
1616OK to not block marks?
1617
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001618Mixup of highlighting when there is a match and SpellBad. (ZyX, 2015 Jan 1)
1619
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001620Patch on Issue 72: 'autochdir' causes problems for :vimgrep.
1621
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02001622When two SIGWINCH arrive very quickly, the second one may be lost.
1623(Josh Triplett, 2015 Sep 17)
1624
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001625Make comments in the test Makefile silent. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 24)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001626
Bram Moolenaared32d942014-12-06 23:33:00 +01001627Result of systemlist() does not show whether text ended in line break.
1628(Bjorn Linse, 2014 Nov 27)
1629
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001630When in 'comments' "n:x" follows after three-part comment directly it repeats
1631any one-character from the previous line. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 19)
1632
1633Syntax highlighting slow (hangs) in SASS file. (Niek Bosch, 2013 Aug 21)
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02001634
Bram Moolenaar92dff182014-02-11 19:15:50 +01001635Adding "~" to 'cdpath' doesn't work for completion? (Davido, 2013 Aug 19)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001636
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001637Patch: Let rare word highlighting overrule good word highlighting.
1638(Jakson A. Aquino, 2010 Jul 30, again 2011 Jul 2)
1639
1640Patch to add digits argument to round(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2015 Apr 26)
1641
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001642Can assign to s:type when a function s:type has been defined.
1643Also the other way around: define a function while a variable with that name
1644was already defined.
1645(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Nov 3)
1646
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001647Patch for ordered dict. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2015 May 7)
1648
Bram Moolenaar91e15e12014-09-19 22:38:48 +02001649Patch to make closed folds line up. (Charles Campbell, 2014 Sep 12)
Bram Moolenaare3faf442014-12-14 01:27:49 +01001650Remark from Roland Eggner: does it cause crashes? (2014 Dec 12)
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001651Updated patch by Roland Eggner, Dec 16
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001652Updated patch from Charles, 2016 Jul 2
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001653
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001654Patch for building a 32bit Vim with 64bit MingW compiler.
1655(Michael Soyka, 2014 Oct 15)
1656
Bram Moolenaar8a94d872015-01-25 13:02:57 +01001657Patch: On MS-Windows shellescape() may have to triple double quotes.
1658(Ingo Karkat, 2015 Jan 16)
1659
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001660Patch for glob(), adding slash to normal files. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Dec 22)
1661
Bram Moolenaara0f849e2015-10-30 14:37:44 +01001662When entering and leaving the preview window autocommands are triggered, but
1663these may not work well. Perhaps set a flag to indicate that the preview
1664window is involved? (John Otter, 2015 Oct 27)
1665
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001666Using "." to repeat an Ex command puts that command in history. Probably
1667should not happen. If the command is the result of a mapping it's not put in
1668history either. (Jacob Niehus, 2014 Nov 2)
1669Patch from Jacob, Nov 2.
1670
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001671"hi link" does not respect groups with GUI settings only. (Mark Lodato, 2014
1672Jun 8)
1673
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001674Bug: Autocompleting ":tag/pat" replaces "/pat" with a match but does not
1675insert a space. (Micha Mos, 2014 Nov 7)
1676
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001677No error for missing endwhile. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 20)
1678
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001679Patch to make extend() fail early when it might fail at some point.
1680(Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 May 2) Makes extend() slower, do we still want it?
1681Perhaps only the checks that can be done without looping over the dict or
1682arguments.
1683
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001684Problem with transparent and matchgroup. Issue #475
1685
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +02001686Patch to add :arglocal and :arglists. (Marcin Szamotulski, 2014 Aug 6)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001687
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001688Spell files use a latin single quote. Unicode also has another single quote:
16890x2019. (Ron Aaron, 2014 Apr 4)
1690New OpenOffice spell files support this with ICONV. But they are not
1691compatible with Vim spell files. The old files can no longer be downloaded.
1692
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +02001693Spell checking: Add a feature to only consider two spaces after a dot to start
1694a new sentence. Don't give the capitalization error when there is one space.
1695
Bram Moolenaar13600302014-05-22 18:26:40 +02001696Idea: For a window in the middle (has window above and below it), use
1697right-mouse-drag on the status line to move a window up/down without changing
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001698its height? It's like dragging the status bar above it at the same time.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02001699
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001700Patch to add a :domodeline command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Oct 21)
1701
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001702This does not give an error: (Andre Sihera, 2014 Mar 21)
1703 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo if 1 | echo 1'
1704This neither: (ZyX)
1705 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo while 1 | echo 1'
1706
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001707'viewdir' default on MS-Windows is not a good choice, it's a system directory.
1708Change 'viewdir' to "$HOME/vimfiles/view" and use 'viewdiralt' to also read
1709from?
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001710
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001711Problem with upwards search on Windows (works OK on Linux). (Brett Stahlman,
17122014 Jun 8)
1713
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001714Include a plugin manager with Vim? Neobundle seems to be the best currently.
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001715Also Vundle: https://github.com/gmarik/vundle
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001716Long message about this from ZyX, 2014 Mar 23. And following replies.
1717Also see http://vim-wiki.mawercer.de/wiki/topic/vim%20plugin%20managment.html
1718User view:
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001719- Support multiple sources, basically any http:// URL. Or a central place that
1720 will work for everybody (github? redirects from vim.org?).
1721 Be able to look into the files before deciding to install.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001722- Be able to try out a plugin and remove it again with (almost) no traces.
1723- Each plugin needs a "manifest" file that has the version, dependencies
1724 (including Vim version and features), conflicts, list of files, etc.
1725 Updater uses that to decide what/how to update.
1726 Dependencies can use a URL for specific versions, or short name for scripts
1727 on vim.org.
1728- Once a plugin is installed it remembers where it came from, updater checks
1729 there. Can manually update when really needed.
1730- Must be possible to install for one user. Also system wide?
1731- Can edit plugin config with Vim. Can temporarily disable a plugin.
1732- Run the update manually, find latest version and install.
1733- Be able to download without special tools, must work for 95% of users.
1734Implementation:
1735- Avoid the 'runtimepath' getting long. Need some other way to keep each
1736 plugin separate.
1737- When installing or updating, first figure out what needs to be done. This
1738 may involve recursively fetching manifest files for dependencies. Then show
1739 the user what's going to change and ask for OK.
1740- Scripts on Vim.org must be able to consist of several files. Is zip format
1741 sufficient? Upload the manifest? Or refer to a site that has the manifest?
1742- Best is to fetch individual files or use a Vimball. Reduces dependency on
1743 tools that might be missing and allows inspection of the files before
1744 installing.
1745Out of scope:
1746- Overview of plugins, ratings, comments, etc. That's another world.
1747- Development work on plugins (although diff with distributed version would be
1748 useful).
1749
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001750Setting the spell file in a session only reads the local additions, not the
1751normal spell file. (Enno Nagel, 2014 Mar 29)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001752
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001753When typing the first character of a command, e.g. "f", then using a menu, the
1754menu item doesn't work. Clear typeahead when using a menu?
1755
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001756Editing an ascii file as ucs-2 or ucs-4 causes display errors.
1757(ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
1758
1759":Next 1 some-arg" does not complain about trailing argument. Also for
1760various other commands. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001761
Bram Moolenaar0a63ded2015-04-15 13:31:24 +02001762Patch to skip sort if no line matches the expression.
Bram Moolenaar8bb1c3e2014-07-04 16:43:17 +02001763(Christian Brabandt, 2014 Jun 25)
1764
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001765VMS: Select() doesn't work properly, typing ESC may hang Vim. Use sys$qiow
1766instead. (Samuel Ferencik, 2013 Sep 28)
1767
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001768Patch for XDG base directory support. (Jean François Bignolles, 2014 Mar 4)
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001769Remark on the docs. Should not be a compile time feature. But then what?
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001770
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001771Completion of ":e" is ":earlier", should be ":edit". Complete to the matching
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001772command instead of doing this alphabetically. (Mikel Jorgensen)
Bram Moolenaar438f67a2014-01-07 06:09:28 +01001773
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001774Patch to define macros for hardcoded values. (Elias Diem, 2013 Dec 14)
1775
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001776Several syntax file match "^\s*" which may get underlined if that's in the
1777highlight group. Add a "\zs" after it?
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001778
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02001779The undo file name can get too long. (Issue 346)
1780For the path use a hash instead of dir%dir%dir%name hash%name.
1781
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001782Patch to add ":undorecover", get as much text out of the undo file as
Bram Moolenaar7b61a542014-08-23 15:31:19 +02001783possible. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Mar 12, update Aug 22)
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001784
Bram Moolenaard5d015d2013-11-03 21:14:31 +01001785Updated spec ftplugin. (Matěj Cepl, 2013 Oct 16)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001786
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001787Patch to handle integer overflow. (Aaron Burrow, 2013 Dec 12)
1788
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +010017897 Windows XP: When using "ClearType" for text smoothing, a column of yellow
1790 pixels remains when typing spaces in front of a "D" ('guifont' set to
1791 "lucida_console:h8").
1792Patch by Thomas Tuegel, also for GTK, 2013 Nov 24
1793
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001794:help gives example for z?, but it does not work. m? and t? do work.
1795
Bram Moolenaar8e5af3e2011-04-28 19:02:44 +02001796Discussion about canonicalization of Hebrew. (Ron Aaron, 2011 April 10)
1797
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001798Checking runtime scripts: Thilo Six, 2012 Jun 6.
1799
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001800When evaluating expression in backticks, autoload doesn't work.
1801(Andy Wokula, 2013 Dec 14)
1802
1803Using <nr>ifoobar<esc> can slow down Vim. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013
Bram Moolenaar259f26a2018-05-15 22:25:40 +02001804Dec 13. Only helps a bit, 10000ii<Esc> is still too slow.
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001805
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001806GTK: problem with 'L' in 'guioptions' changing the window width.
1807(Aaron Cornelius, 2012 Feb 6)
1808
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001809Patch to add option that tells whether small deletes go into the numbered
1810registers. (Aryeh Leib Taurog, 2013 Nov 18)
1811
Bram Moolenaar1aeaf8c2012-05-18 13:46:39 +02001812Javascript file where indent gets stuck on: GalaxyMaster, 2012 May 3.
1813
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02001814The BufUnload event is triggered when re-using the empty buffer.
1815(Pokey Rule, 2013 Jul 22)
1816Patch by Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Jul 22.
1817
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001818The CompleteDone autocommand needs some info passed to it:
1819- The word that was selected (empty if abandoned complete)
1820- Type of completion: tag, omnifunc, user func.
1821
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001822Patch to allow more types in remote_expr(). (Lech Lorens, 2014 Jan 5)
1823Doesn't work for string in list. Other way to pass all types of variables
1824reliably?
1825
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001826Patch to add {lhs} to :mapclear: clear all maps starting with {lhs}.
1827(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Dec 9)
1828
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001829Exception caused by argument of return is not caught by try/catch.
1830(David Barnett, 2013 Nov 19)
1831
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001832Patch to fix that 'cedit' is recognized after :normal. (Christian Brabandt,
18332013 Mar 19, later message)
Bram Moolenaar26402cb2013-02-20 21:26:00 +01001834
1835Patch to view coverage of the tests. (Nazri Ramliy, 2013 Feb 15)
1836
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02001837Patch to invert characters differently in GTK. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2013 May
18385)
1839
Bram Moolenaar56b45b92013-06-24 22:22:18 +02001840Patch to add "Q" and "A" responses to interactive :substitute. They are
1841carried over when using :global. (Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jun 19)
1842
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02001843Bug with 'cursorline' in diff mode. Line being scrolled into view gets
1844highlighted as the cursor line. (Alessandro Ivaldi, 2013 Jun 4)
1845
Bram Moolenaar4b60a6c2013-11-14 05:48:46 +01001846Two highlighting bugs. (ZyX, 2013 Aug 18)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001847
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001848Patch to support 'u' in interactive substitute. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Sep
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +0200184928) With tests: Oct 9.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001850
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001851Dialog is too big on Linux too. (David Fishburn, 2013 Sep 2)
1852
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001853Patch to make fold updates much faster. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Dec)
1854
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001855- Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'. Combine
1856 the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)
1857Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013 Apr 20, unfinished.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001858
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001859Bug: findfile("any", "file:///tmp;") does not work.
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001860
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +02001861In the ATTENTION message about an existing swap file, mention the name of the
1862process that is running. It might actually be some other program, e.g. after
1863a reboot.
1864
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001865patch to add "combine" flag to syntax commands. (so8res, 2012 Dec 6)
1866
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01001867Syntax update problem in one buffer opened in two windows, bottom window is
1868not correctly updated. (Paul Harris, 2012 Feb 27)
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001869
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001870Patch to add getsid(). (Tyru, 2011 Oct 2) Do we want this? Update Oct 4.
1871Or use expand('<sid>')?
1872
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001873Patch to make confirm() display colors. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Nov 9)
1874
Bram Moolenaarac7bd632013-03-19 11:35:58 +01001875Problem with refresh:always in completion. (Tyler Wade, 2013 Mar 17)
1876
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001877b:undo_ftplugin cannot call a script-local function. (Boris Danilov, 2013 Jan
18787)
1879
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +02001880Win32: The Python interface only works with one version of Python, selected at
1881compile time. Can this be made to work with version 2.1 and 2.2 dynamically?
1882
1883Python: Be able to define a Python function that can be called directly from
1884Vim script. Requires converting the arguments and return value, like with
1885vim.bindeval().
1886
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001887Patch for :tabcloseleft, after closing a tab go to left tab. (William Bowers,
18882012 Aug 4)
1889
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001890Patch to improve equivalence classes in regexp patterns.
1891(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jan 16, update Jan 17)
1892
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001893Patch with suggestions for starting.txt. (Tony Mechelynck, 2012 Oct 24)
1894But use Gnome instead of GTK?
1895
1896Should be possible to enable/disable matchparen per window or buffer.
1897Add a check for b:no_match_paren in Highlight_matching_Pair() (Marcin
1898Szamotulski, 2012 Nov 8)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02001899
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001900Session file creation: 'autochdir' causes trouble. Keep it off until after
1901loading all files.
1902
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001903MS-Windows resizing problems:
1904- Windows window on screen positioning: Patch by Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2012 Jun
1905 20. Uses getWindowRect() instead of GetWindowPlacement()
1906- Win32: When the taskbar is at the top of the screen creating the tabbar
1907 causes the window to move unnecessarily. (William E. Skeith III, 2012 Jan
1908 12) Patch: 2012 Jan 13 Needs more work (2012 Feb 2)
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001909
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001910'iminsert' global value set when using ":setlocal iminsert"? (Wu, 2012 Jun 23)
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001911
Bram Moolenaarad3b3662013-05-17 18:14:19 +02001912Patch to append regexp to tag commands to make it possible to select one out
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001913of many matches. (Cody Cutler, 2013 Mar 28)
1914
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001915The input map for CTRL-O in mswin.vim causes problems after CTRL-X CTRL-O.
1916Suggestion for another map. (Philip Mat, 2012 Jun 18)
1917But use "gi" instead of "a". Or use CTRL-\ CTRL-O.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001918
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001919When there are no command line arguments ":next" and ":argu" give E163, which
1920is confusing. Should say "the argument list is empty".
1921
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001922URXVT:
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001923- will get stuck if byte sequence does not contain the expected semicolon.
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001924- Use urxvt mouse support also in xterm. Explanations:
1925 http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2662
1926
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001927Patch to have the fold and sign column and at the last line of the buffer.
1928(Marco Hinz, 2014 Sep 25)
1929Alternate suggestion: let all columns continue, also the number column.
1930
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001931Patch to add tests for if_xcmdsrv.c., Jul 8, need some more work. (Brian Burns)
Bram Moolenaar6c35bea2012-07-25 17:49:10 +02001932New tests Jul 13. Update Jul 17. Discussion Jul 18.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001933
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001934When running Vim in silent ex mode, an existing swapfile causes Vim to wait
1935for a user action without a prompt. (Maarten Billemont, 2012 Feb 3)
1936Do give the prompt? Quit with an error?
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001937
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02001938Patch for input method status. (Hirohito Higashi, 2012 Apr 18)
1939
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001940Update Vim app icon (for Gnome). (Jakub Steiner, 2013 Dec 6)
1941
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001942Patch to use .png icons for the toolbar on MS-Windows. (Martin Gieseking, 2013
1943Apr 18)
1944
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001945Patch for has('unnamedplus') docs. (Tony Mechelynck, 2011 Sep 27)
1946And one for gui_x11.txt.
1947
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001948":cd" doesn't work when current directory path contains "**".
1949finddir() has the same problem. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2012 Jan 10)
1950Requires a rewrite of the file_file_in_path code.
1951
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001952Should use has("browsefilter") in ftplugins. Requires patch 7.3.593.
1953
Bram Moolenaar34700a62013-03-07 13:20:54 +01001954Update for vim2html.pl. (Tyru, 2013 Feb 22)
1955
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001956Patch to sort functions starting with '<' after others. Omit dict functions,
1957they can't be called. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2011 Oct 11)
1958
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001959Patch to pass list to or(), and() and xor(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2012 Feb 8)
1960
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001961Patch to improve "it" and "at" text object matching. (Christian Brabandt, 2011
1962Nov 20)
1963
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001964Patch to improve GUI find/replace dialog. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 May 26)
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001965Update Jun 2.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001966
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001967`] moves to character after insert, instead of the last inserted character.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001968(Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Dec 9)
1969
1970Plugin for Modeleasy. (Massimiliano Tripoli, 2011 Nov 29)
1971
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01001972BufWinLeave triggers too late when quitting last window in a tab page. (Lech
1973Lorens, 2012 Feb 21)
1974
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001975Patch for 'transparency' option. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1976Only for MS-Windows. No documentation. Do we want this?
1977
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01001978Patch to support cursor shape in Cygwin console. (Ben bgold, 2011 Dec 27)
1979
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001980On MS-Windows a temp dir with a & init causes system() to fail. (Ben Fritz,
19812012 Jun 19)
1982
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001983'cursorline' is displayed too short when there are concealed characters and
1984'list' is set. (Dennis Preiser)
1985Patch 7.3.116 was the wrong solution.
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001986Christian Brabandt has another incomplete patch. (2011 Jul 13)
Bram Moolenaar5b435d62012-04-05 17:33:26 +02001987
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001988With concealed text mouse click doesn't put the cursor in the right position.
1989(Herb Sitz) Fix by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 16. Doesn't work properly,
1990need to make the change in where RET_WIN_BUF_CHARTABSIZE() is called.
1991
1992Syntax region with 'concealends' and a 'cchar' value, 'conceallevel' set to 2,
1993only one of the two ends gets the cchar displayed. (Brett Stahlman, 2010 Aug
199421, Ben Fritz, 2010 Sep 14)
1995
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001996Win32: Patch to use task dialogs when available. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1997New feature, requires testing. Made some remarks.
1998
1999Win32: Patch for alpha-blended icons and toolbar height. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011
2000Sep 17) Asked for feedback from others.
2001
Bram Moolenaar6be7f872012-01-20 21:08:56 +01002002Win32: Cannot cd into a directory that starts with a space. (Andy Wokula, 2012
2003Jan 19)
2004
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01002005Need to escape $HOME on Windows for fnameescape()? (ZyX, 2011 Jul 21,
2006discussion 2013 Jul 4) Can't simply use a backslash, \$HOME has a different
2007meaning already. Would be possible to use $$HOME where $HOME is to be used.
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002008
Bram Moolenaarbc488a72013-07-05 21:01:22 +02002009"2" in 'formatoptions' not working in comments. (Christian Corneliussen, 2011
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01002010Oct 26)
2011
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002012Bug in repeating Visual "u". (Lawrence Kesteloot, 2010 Dec 20)
2013
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02002014With "unamedplus" in 'clipboard' pasting in Visual mode causes error for empty
2015register. (Michael Seiwald, 2011 Jun 28) I can't reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02002016
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002017Windows keys not set properly on Windows 7? (cncyber, 2010 Aug 26)
2018
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002019When using a Vim server, a # in the path causes an error message.
2020(Jeff Lanzarotta, 2011 Feb 17)
2021
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01002022When there is a ">" in a line that "gq" wraps to the start of the next line,
2023then the following line will pick it up as a leader. Should get the leader
2024from the first line, not a wrapped line. (Matt Ackeret, 2012 Feb 27)
2025
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002026Using ":break" or something else that stops executing commands inside a
2027":finally" does not rethrow a previously uncaught exception. (ZyX, 2010 Oct
202815)
2029
2030Vim using lots of memory when joining lines. (John Little, 2010 Dec 3)
2031
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02002032BT regexp engine: After trying a \@> match and failing, submatches are not
2033cleared. See test64.
2034
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002035Patch to make "z=" work when 'spell' is off. Does this have nasty side
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02002036effects? (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Aug 5, Update 2013 Aug 12)
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002037Would also need to do this for spellbadword() and spellsuggest().
Bram Moolenaar2a953fc2019-01-26 17:41:47 +01002038https://github.com/chrisbra/vim-mq-patches/blob/master/enable_spellchecking
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002039
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002040On 64 bit MS-Windows "long" is only 32 bits, but we sometimes need to store a
204164 bits value. Change all number options to use nropt_T and define it to the
2042right type.
2043
2044string() can't parse back "inf" and "nan". Fix documentation or fix code?
2045(ZyX, 2010 Aug 23)
2046
2047When doing "redir => s:foo" in a script and then "redir END" somewhere else
2048(e.g. in a function) it can't find s:foo.
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02002049When a script contains "redir => s:foo" but doesn't end redirection, a
2050following "redir" command gives an error for not being able to access s:foo.
2051(ZyX, 2011 Mar 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002052
Bram Moolenaard960d762011-09-21 19:22:10 +02002053When setqflist() uses a filename that triggers a BufReadCmd autocommand Vim
2054doesn't jump to the correct line with :cfirst. (ZyX, 2011 Sep 18)
2055
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01002056Behavior of i" and a" text objects isn't logical. (Ben Fritz, 2013 Nov 19)
2057
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002058maparg() does not show the <script> flag. When temporarily changing a
2059mapping, how to restore the script ID?
2060
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002061Bug in try/catch: return with invalid compare throws error that isn't caught.
2062(ZyX, 2011 Jan 26)
2063
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02002064When setting a local option value from the global value, add a script ID that
2065indicates this, so that ":verbose set" can give a hint. Check with options in
2066the help file.
2067
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002068After patch 7.3.097 still get E15. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Jan 18)
2069Also for another example (ZyX, 2011 Jan 24)
2070
2071Build problem with small features on Mac OS X 10.6. (Rainer, 2011 Jan 24)
2072
2073"0g@$" puts '] on last byte of multi-byte. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 22)
2074
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01002075Patch for :tabrecently. (Hirokazu Yoshida, 2012 Jan 30)
2076
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02002077Problem with "syn sync grouphere". (Gustavo Niemeyer, 2011 Jan 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002078
2079Loading autoload script even when usage is inside "if 0". (Christian Brabandt,
20802010 Dec 18)
2081
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02002082With a filler line in diff mode, it isn't displayed in the column with line
2083number, but it is in the sign column. Doesn't look right. (ZyX 2011 Jun 5)
2084Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 5. Introduces new problems.
2085
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02002086Add jump() function. (Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Aug 29)
2087Is this needed? CTRL-O and CTRL-I do the same, just more difficult to use.
2088
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020020898 Add a command to jump to the next character highlighted with "Error".
2090Patch by Christian Brabandt, uses ]e [e ]t and [t. 2011 Aug 9.
2091
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01002092Add event for when the text scrolls. A bit like CursorMoved. Also a similar
2093one for insert mode. Use the event in matchparen to update the highlight if
2094the match scrolls into view.
2095
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020020967 Use "++--", "+++--" for different levels instead of "+---" "+----".
2097Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
2098Update by Ben Fritz, with fix for TOhtml. (2011 Jul 30)
2099
21009 Add %F to 'errorformat': file name without spaces. Useful on Unix to
2101 avoid matching something up to a time 11:22:33.
2102Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
2103
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02002104Patch to add up to 99 match groups. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 Dec 22)
2105Also add named groups: \%{name}(re) and \%{name}g
2106
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002107In the sandbox it's not allowed to do many things, but it's possible to change
2108or set variables. Add a way to prevent variables from being changed in the
2109sandbox? E.g.: ":protect g:restore_settings".
2110
2111GTK: drawing a double-width combining character over single-width characters
2112doesn't look right. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 8)
2113
2114GTK: tear-off menu does not work. (Kurt Sonnenmoser, 2010 Oct 25)
2115
2116Win32: tear-off menu does not work when menu language is German. (Markus
2117Bossler, 2011 Mar 2) Fixed by 7.3.095?
2118
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02002119Wish for NetBeans commands:
2120 - make it possible to have 'defineAnnoType' also handle terminal colors.
2121
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002122Version of netbeans.c for use with MacVim. (Kazuki Sakamoto, 2010 Nov 18)
2123
21247.3.014 changed how backslash at end of line works, but still get a NUL when
2125there is one backslash. (Ray Frush, 2010 Nov 18) What does the original ex
2126do?
2127
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002128Searching mixed with Visual mode doesn't redraw properly. (James Vega, 2010 Nov
212922)
2130
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002131New esperanto spell file can't be processed. (Dominique Pelle, 2011 Jan 30)
2132- move compflags to separate growarray?
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002133- instead of a regexp use a hashtable. Expand '?', '*', '+'. What would be
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002134 the maximum repeat for * and +?
2135
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01002136"L'Italie" noted as a spell error at start of the sentence. (Dominique Pelle,
21372011 Feb 27)
2138
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002139Editing a file with a ^M with 'ff' set to "mac", opening a help file, then the
2140^M is displayed as ^J sometimes. Getting 'ff' value from wrong window/buffer?
2141
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002142When Vim is put in the background (SIGTSTP) and then gets a SIGHUP it doesn't
2143exit. It exists as soon as back in the foreground. (Stephen Liang, 2011 Jan
21449) Caused by vim_handle_signal(SIGNAL_BLOCK); in ui.c.
2145
2146g` not working correctly when using :edit. It works OK when editing a file on
2147the command line. (Ingo Karkat, 2011 Jan 25)
2148
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002149Since patch 7.2.46 Yankring plugin has become very slow, eventually make Vim
2150crash? (Raiwil, 2010 Nov 17)
2151
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02002152Patch to add FoldedLineNr highlighting: different highlighting for the line
2153number of a closed fold. (eXerigumo Clanjor, 2013 Jul 15)
2154
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02002155Regexp engine performance:
2156- Profiling:
2157 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/ruby.vim
2158 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/loop.vim
2159 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/alsa.vim
2160 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/todo.vim
2161 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/xml.vim
2162 Dominique Pelle: xmlSyncDT is particularly slow (Jun 7)
2163- More test files from the src/pkg/regexp/testdata directory in the Go repo.
2164- Performance tests:
2165 - Using asciidoc syntax. (Marek Schimara, 2013 Jun 6)
2166 - ~/vim/text/FeiqCfg.xml (file from Netjune)
2167 - ~/vim/text/edl.svg (also XML)
2168 - glts has five tests. (May 25)
2169 - ~/vim/test/slowsearch
2170 - ~/vim/test/rgb.vim
2171 - search for a.*e*exn in the vim executable. Go to last line to use
2172 'hlsearch'.
2173 - Slow combination of folding and PHP syntax highlighting. Script to
2174 reproduce it. Caused by "syntax sync fromstart" in combination with patch
2175 7.2.274. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 May 27) Generally, folding with
2176 'foldmethod' set to "syntax" is slow. Do profiling to find out why.
2177
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002178Problem producing tags file when hebrew.frx is present. It has a BOM.
2179Results in E670. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 May 2)
2180
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02002181'beval' option should be global-local.
2182
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002183Ruby: ":ruby print $buffer.number" returns zero.
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02002184
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02002185setpos() does not restore cursor position after :normal. (Tyru, 2010 Aug 11)
Bram Moolenaar2a988a12010-08-13 15:24:39 +02002186
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02002187With "tw=55 fo+=a" typing space before ) doesn't work well. (Scott Mcdermott,
21882010 Oct 24)
2189
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002190Messages in message.txt are highlighted as examples.
2191
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02002192When using cp850 the NBSP (0xff) is not drawn correctly. (Brett Stahlman, 2010
2193Oct 22) 'isprint' is set to "@,161-255".
2194
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02002195":echo "\x85" =~# '[\u0085]'" returns 1 instead of 0. (ZyX, 2010 Oct 3)
2196
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002197'cindent' not correct when 'list' is set. (Zdravi Korusef, 2010 Apr 15)
2198
Bram Moolenaar6ee8d892012-01-10 14:55:01 +01002199C-indenting: A matching { in a comment is ignored, but intermediate { are not
2200checked to be in a comment. Implement FM_SKIPCOMM flag of findmatchlimit().
2201Issue 46.
2202
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002203Mac with X11: clipboard doesn't work properly. (Raf, 2010 Aug 16)
2204
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002205Using CompilerSet doesn't record where an option was set from. E.g., in the
2206gcc compiler plugin. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Dec 13)
2207
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002208":helpgrep" does not put the cursor in the correct column when preceded by
2209accented character. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 Apr 15)
2210
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002211Don't call check_restricted() for histadd(), setbufvar(), settabvar(),
2212setwinvar().
2213
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002214Patch for gVimExt to show an icon. (Dominik Riebeling, 2010 Nov 7)
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002215
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002216When 'lines' is 25 and 'scrolloff' is 12, "j" scrolls zero or two lines
2217instead of one. (Constantin Pan, 2010 Sep 10)
2218
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02002219Gui menu edit/paste in block mode insert only inserts in one line (Bjorn
2220Winckler, 2011 May 11)
2221Requires a map mode for Insert mode started from blockwise Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002222
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002223Writing nested List and Dict in viminfo gives error message and can't be read
2224back. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2010 Nov 13)
2225
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01002226Problem with cursor in the wrong column. (SungHyun Nam, 2010 Mar 11)
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002227Additional info by Dominique Pelle. (also on 2010 Apr 10)
2228
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002229CreateFile and CreateFileW are used without sharing, filewritable() fails when
2230the file was already open (e.g. script is being sourced). Add FILE_SHARE_READ|
2231FILE_SHARE_WRITE in mch_access()? (Phillippe Vaucher, 2010 Nov 2)
2232
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002233Is ~/bin (literally) in $PATH supposed to work? (Paul, 2010 March 29)
2234Looks like only bash can do it. (Yakov Lerner)
2235
Bram Moolenaarb2c03502010-07-02 20:20:09 +02002236Cscope "cs add" stopped working somewhat before 7.2.438. (Gary Johnson, 2010
2237Jun 29) Caused by 7.2.433?
2238
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002239Jumplist doesn't work properly in Insert mode? (Jean Johner, 2010 Mar 20)
2240
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01002241Problem with transparent cmdline. Also: Terminal title is wrong with
2242non-ASCII character. (Lily White, 2010 Mar 7)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002243
2244iconv() doesn't fail on an illegal character, as documented. (Yongwei Wu, 2009
2245Nov 15, example Nov 26) Add argument to specify whether iconv() should fail
2246or replace with a character and continue?
2247
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002248Add local time at start of --startuptime output.
2249Requires configure check for localtime().
2250Use format year-month-day hr:min:sec.
2251
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01002252Patch to add "combine" to :syntax, combines highlight attributes. (Nate
2253Soares, 2012 Dec 3)
2254
2255Patch to make ":hi link" also take arguments. (Nate Soares, 2012 Dec 4)
2256
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002257Shell not recognized properly if it ends in "csh -f". (James Vega, 2009 Nov 3)
2258Find tail? Might have a / in argument. Find space? Might have space in
2259path.
2260
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002261Test 51 fails when language set to German. (Marco, 2011 Jan 9)
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002262Dominique can't reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002263
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02002264'ambiwidth' should be global-local.
2265
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002266":function f(x) keepjumps" creates a function where every command is executed
2267like it has ":keepjumps" before it.
2268
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002269Coverity: Check if there are new reported defects:
2270https://scan.coverity.com/projects/241
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02002271
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002272Patch to support :undo absolute jump to file save number. (Christian Brabandt,
22732010 Nov 5)
2274
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02002275Patch to use 'foldnestmax' also for "marker" foldmethod. (Arnaud Lacombe, 2011
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002276Jan 7)
2277
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002278Problem with editing file in binary mode. (Ingo Krabbe, 2009 Oct 8)
2279
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002280With 'wildmode' set to "longest:full,full" and pressing Tab once the first
2281entry in wildmenu is highlighted, that shouldn't happen. (Yuki Watanabe, 2011
2282Feb 12)
2283
Bram Moolenaar4421d6a2010-08-14 13:33:56 +02002284Display error when 'tabline' that includes a file name with double-width
2285characters. (2010 Aug 14, bootleq)
2286
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002287Problem with stop directory in findfile(). (Adam Simpkins, 2009 Aug 26)
2288
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02002289Using ']' as the end of a range in a pattern requires double escaping:
2290 /[@-\\]] (Andy Wokula, 2011 Jun 28)
2291
Bram Moolenaard960d762011-09-21 19:22:10 +02002292Syntax priority problem. (Charles Campbell, 2011 Sep 15)
2293
Bram Moolenaar97ea5112010-06-12 06:46:44 +02002294When completion inserts the first match, it may trigger the line to be folded.
2295Disable updating folds while completion is active? (Peter Odding, 2010 Jun 9)
2296
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002297When a:base in 'completefunc' starts with a number it's passed as a number,
2298not a string. (Sean Ma) Need to add flag to call_func_retlist() to force a
2299string value.
2300
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002301For running gvim on a USB stick: avoid the OLE registration. Use a command
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002302line argument -noregister.
2303
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002304When using an expression in 'statusline' leading white space sometimes goes
2305missing (but not always). (ZyX, 2010 Nov 1)
2306
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002307When a mapping exists both for insert mode and lang-insert mode, the last one
2308doesn't work. (Tyru, 2010 May 6) Or is this intended?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002309
2310Still a problem with ":make" in the wrong directory. Caused by ":bufdo".
2311(Ajit Thakkar, 2009 Jul 1) More information Jul 9, Jul 15.
2312Caused by "doautoall syntaxset BufEnter *" in syntax/nosyntax.vim ?
2313There also is a BufLeave/BufEnter aucmd to save/restore view.
2314Does the patch to save/restore globaldir work?
2315
2316":bufdo normal gg" while 'hidden' is set leaves buffers without syntax
2317highlighting. Don't disable Syntax autocommands then? Or add a flag/modifier
2318to avoid changing 'eventignore'?
2319
2320Patch for displaying 0x200c and 0x200d. (Ali Gholami Rudi, 2009 May 6)
2321Probably needs a bit of work.
2322
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002323List of encoding aliases. (Takao Fujiwara, 2009 Jul 18)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002324Are they all OK? Update Jul 22.
2325
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002326Win32: Improved Makefile for MSVC. (Leonardo Valeri Manera, 2010 Aug 18)
2327
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002328Win32: Expanding 'path' runs into a maximum size limit. (bgold12, 2009 Nov 15)
2329
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002330Win32: Patch for enabling quick edit mode in console. (Craig Barkhouse, 2010
2331Sep 1)
2332
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01002333Win32: Patch for using .png files for icons. (Charles Peacech, 2012 Feb 5)
2334
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02002335Putting a Visual block while 'visualedit' is "all" does not leave the cursor
2336on the first character. (John Beckett, 2010 Aug 7)
2337
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002338Setting 'tags' to "tagsdir/*" does not find "tagsdir/tags". (Steven K. Wong,
23392009 Jul 18)
2340
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002341Patch to add "focusonly" to 'scrollopt', so that scrollbind also applies in
2342window that doesn't have focus. (Jonathon Mah, 2009 Jan 12)
2343Needs more work.
2344
2345Problem with <script> mappings (Andy Wokula, 2009 Mar 8)
2346
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002347When starting Vim with "gvim -f -u non_existent_file > foo.txt" there are a
2348few control characters in the output. (Dale Wiles, 2009 May 28)
2349
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002350'cmdwinheight' is only used in last window when 'winheight' is a large value.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002351(Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Apr 15)
2352
2353Status line containing winnr() isn't updated when splitting the window (Clark
2354J. Wang, 2009 Mar 31)
2355
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002356When $VIMRUNTIME is set in .vimrc, need to reload lang files. Already done
2357for GTK, how about others? (Ron Aaron, 2010 Apr 10)
2358
Bram Moolenaarede981a2010-08-11 23:37:32 +02002359Patch for GTK buttons X1Mouse and X2Mouse. (Christian J. Robinson, 2010 Aug 9)
2360
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002361":tab split fname" doesn't set the alternate file in the original window,
2362because win_valid() always returns FALSE. Below win_new_tabpage() in
2363ex_docmd.c.
2364
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002365Space before comma in function definition not allowed: "function x(a , b)"
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002366Give a more appropriate error message. Add a remark to the docs.
2367
2368string_convert() should be able to convert between utf-8 and utf-16le. Used
2369for GTK clipboard. Avoid requirement for iconv.
2370
2371Now that colnr_T is int instead of unsigned, more type casts can be removed.
2372
2373'delcombine' does not work for the command line. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jul
237420)
2375
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002376Don't load macmap.vim on startup, turn it into a plugin. (Ron Aaron,
23772009 Apr 7) Reminder Apr 14.
2378
2379Add "no_hlsearch" to winsaveview().
2380
2381Cursorline highlighting combines with Search ('hlsearch') but not with
2382SpellBad. (Jim Karsten, 2009 Mar 18)
2383
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002384When 'foldmethod' is "indent", adding an empty line below a fold and then
2385indented text, creates a new fold instead of joining it with the previous one.
2386(Evan Laforge, 2009 Oct 17)
2387
2388Bug: When reloading a buffer changed outside of Vim, BufRead autocommands
2389are applied to the wrong buffer/window. (Ben Fritz, 2009 Apr 2, May 11)
2390Ignore window options when not in the right window?
2391Perhaps we need to use a hidden window for applying autocommands to a buffer
2392that doesn't have a window.
2393
2394When using "ab foo bar" and mapping <Tab> to <Esc>, pressing <Tab> after foo
2395doesn't trigger the abbreviation like <Esc> would. (Ramana Kumar, 2009 Sep 6)
2396
2397getbufvar() to get a window-local option value for a buffer that's not
2398displayed in a window should return the value that's stored for that buffer.
2399
2400":he ctrl_u" can be auto-corrected to ":he ctrl-u".
2401
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002402There should be a way after an abbreviation has expanded to go back to what
2403was typed. CTRL-G h ? Would also undo last word or line break inserted
2404perhaps. And undo CTRL-W. CTRL-G l would redo.
2405
Bram Moolenaar84f888a2010-08-05 21:40:16 +02002406Diff mode out of sync. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Aug 4)
2407
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002408Win32 GUI: last message from startup doesn't show up when there is an echoerr
2409command. (Cyril Slobin, 2009 Mar 13)
2410
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002411Win32: completion of file name ":e c:\!test" results in ":e c:\\!test", which
2412does not work. (Nieko Maatjes, 2009 Jan 8, Ingo Karkat, 2009 Jan 22)
2413
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002414opening/closing window causes other window with 'winfixheight' to change
2415height. Also happens when there is another window in the frame, if it's not
Bram Moolenaar2c3b1d92010-07-24 16:58:02 +02002416very high. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2010 Jul 22, Michael Peeters, 2010 Jul 22)
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002417
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002418Directory wrong in session file, caused by ":lcd" in BufEnter autocommand.
2419(Felix Kater, 2009 Mar 3)
2420
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01002421Session file generates error upon loading, cause by --remote-silent-tab.
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002422(7tommm (ytommm) 2010 Nov 24)
2423
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002424Using ~ works OK on 'a' with composing char, but not on 0x0418 with composing
2425char 0x0301. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Mar 4)
2426
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02002427Searching for composing char works, but not when inside []. (ZyX, Benjamin R.
2428Haskell, 2010 Aug 24)
2429
2430This does not work yet: "a\(%C\)" (get composing characters into a submatch).
2431
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002432Inconsistent: starting with $LANG set to es_ES.utf-8 gives Spanish
2433messages, even though locale is not supported. But ":lang messages
2434es_ES.utf-8" gives an error and doesn't switch messages. (Dominique Pelle,
24352009 Jan 26)
2436
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002437When $HOME contains special characters, such as a comma, escape them when used
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002438in an option. (Michael Hordijk, 2009 May 5)
2439Turn "esc" argument of expand_env_esc() into string of chars to be escaped.
2440
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002441Should make 'ignorecase' global-local, so that it makes sense setting it from
2442a modeline.
2443
2444Add cscope target to Makefile. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jun 18, replies by
2445Sergey Khorev)
2446
2447Consider making YankRing or something else that keeps a list of yanked text
2448part of standard Vim. The "1 to "9 registers are not sufficient.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002449
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002450After doing "su" $HOME can be the old user's home, thus ~root/file is not
2451correct. Don't use it in the swap file.
2452
2453Completion for ":buf" doesn't work properly on Win32 when 'shellslash' is off.
2454(Henrik Ohman, 2009, Jan 29)
2455
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002456shellescape() depends on 'shellslash' for quoting. That doesn't work when
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002457'shellslash' is set but using cmd.exe. (Ben Fritz)
2458Use a different option or let it depend on whether 'shell' looks like a
2459unix-like shell?
2460
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002461Bug: in Ex mode (after "Q") backslash before line break, when yanked into a
2462register and executed, results in <Nul>: instead of line break.
2463(Konrad Schwarz, 2010 Apr 16)
2464
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002465Have a look at patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Mar 1, Mar 23)
2466Now at: http://vimgadgets.sourceforge.net/liblinebreak/
2467
2468Greek sigma character should be lower cased depending on the context. Can we
2469make this work? (Dominique Pelle, 2009 Sep 24)
2470
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002471When changing 'encoding' convert all the swap file names, so that we can
2472still delete them. Also convert all buffer file names?
2473
2474"gqip" in Insert mode has an off-by-one error, causing it to reflow text.
2475(Raul Coronado, 2009 Nov 2)
2476
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002477Something wrong with session that has "cd" commands and "badd", in such a way
2478that Vim doesn't find the edited file in the buffer list, causing the
2479ATTENTION message? (Tony Mechelynck, 2008 Dec 1)
2480Also: swap files are in ~/tmp/ One has relative file name ".mozilla/...".
2481
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002482MS-Windows: editing the first, empty buffer, 'ffs' set to "unix,dos", ":enew"
2483doesn't set 'ff' to "unix". (Ben Fritz, 2008 Dec 5) Reusing the old buffer
2484probably causes this.
2485
2486'scrollbind' is not respected when deleting lines or undo. (Milan Vancura,
Bram Moolenaar927edbd2010-05-17 22:07:47 +020024872009 Jan 16)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002488
2489Document that default font in Athena can be set with resources:
2490 XtDefaultFont: "9x15"
2491 XtDefaultFontSet: "9x15"
2492(Richard Sherman, 2009 Apr 12)
2493
2494Having "Syntax" in 'eventignore' for :bufdo may cause problems, e.g. for
2495":bufdo e" when buffers are open in windows. ex_listdo(eap) could set the
2496option only for when jumping to another buffer, not when the command argument
2497is executed.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002498
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002499":pedit %" with a BufReadPre autocommand causes the cursor to move to the
2500first line. (Ingo Karkat, 2008 Jul 1) Ian Kelling is working on this.
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02002501Similar problem with ":e". (Marc Montu, 2014 Apr 22)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002502
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002503Wildmenu not deleted: "gvim -u NONE", ":set nocp wildmenu cmdheight=3
2504laststatus=2", CTRL-D CTRL-H CTRL-H CTRL-H. (A.Politz, 2008 April 1)
2505Works OK with Vim in an xterm.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002506
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002507Cursor line moves in other window when using CTRL-W J that doesn't change
2508anything. (Dasn, 2009 Apr 7)
2509
2510On Unix "glob('does not exist~')" returns the string. Without the "~" it
2511doesn't. (John Little, 2008 Nov 9)
2512Shell expansion returns unexpanded string?
2513Don't use shell when "~" is not at the start?
2514
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002515When using ":e ++enc=foo file" and the file is already loaded with
2516'fileencoding' set to "bar", then do_ecmd() uses that buffer, even though the
2517fileencoding differs. Reload the buffer in this situation? Need to check for
2518the buffer to be unmodified.
2519Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 11. Followup Jul 14, need to have
2520another look at it.
2521
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002522c.vim: XXX in a comment is colored yellow, but not when it's after "#if 0".
2523(Ilya Dogolazky, 2009 Aug 7)
2524
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002525You can type ":w ++bad=x fname", but the ++bad argument is ignored. Give an
2526error message? Or is this easy to implement? (Nathan Stratton Treadway, 2008
2527Aug 20) This is in ucs2bytes(), search for 0xBF. Using the ++bad argument is
2528at the other match for 0xBF.
2529
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002530When adding "-complete=file" to a user command this also changes how the
2531argument is processed for <f-args>. (Ivan Tishchenko, 2008 Aug 19)
2532
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002533Win32: associating a type with Vim doesn't take care of space after a
2534backslash? (Robert Vibrant, 2008 Jun 5)
2535
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002536When 'rightleft' is set, cursorcolumn isn't highlighted after the end of a
2537line. It's also wrong in folds. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 21)
2538
2539Using an insert mode expression mapping, cursor is not in the expected
2540position. (ZyX, 2010 Aug 29)
2541
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002542After using <Tab> for command line completion after ":ta blah" and getting E33
2543(no tags file), further editing the command to e.g., ":echo 'blah'", the
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002544command is not executed. Fix by Ian Kelling?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002545
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002546":help s/~" jumps to *s/\~*, while ":help s/\~" doesn't find anything. (Tim
2547Chase) Fix by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 14.
2548
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002549When mapping : to ; and ; to :, @; doesn't work like @: and @: doesn't work
2550either. Matt Wozniski: nv_at() calls do_execreg() which uses
2551put_in_typebuf(). Char mapped twice?
2552
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002553Despite adding save_subexpr() this still doesn't work properly:
2554Regexp: matchlist('12a4aaa', '^\(.\{-}\)\(\%5c\@<=a\+\)\(.\+\)\?')
2555Returns ['12a4', 'aaa', '4aaa'], should be ['12a4', 'aaa', '']
2556Backreference not cleared when retrying after \@<= fails?
2557(Brett Stahlman, 2008 March 8)
2558
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002559Problem with remote_send(). (Charles Campbell, 2008 Aug 12)
2560
2561ftplugin for help file should set 'isk' to help file value.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002562
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002563Win32: remote editing fails when the current directory name contains "[".
2564(Ivan Tishchenko, Liu Yubao) Suggested patch by Chris Lubinski: Avoid
2565escaping characters where the backslash is not removed later. Asked Chris for
2566an alternate solution, also for src/ex_getln.c.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002567This also fails when the file or directory name contains "%". (Thoml, 2008
2568July 7)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02002569Using --remote-silent while the current directory has a # in the name does not
2570work, the # needs to be escaped. (Tramblay Bruno, 2012 Sep 15)
2571
2572When using remote-silent the -R flag is not passed on. (Axel Bender, 2012 May
257331)
2574
2575Win32: A --remote command that has a directory name starting with a ( doesn't
2576work, the backslash is removed, assuming that it escapes the (. (Valery
2577Kondakoff, 2009 May 13)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002578
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01002579Win32: Using "gvim --remote-tab-silent elŝuti.txt" doesn't work, the
2580multi-byte character isn't passed and edits elsuti.txt.
2581(Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado, 2015 Dec 18)
2582
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002583Problem with 'langmap' being used on the rhs of a mapping. (Nikolai Weibull,
25842008 May 14)
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02002585Possibly related problem: Alexey Muranov, 2015 Apr 2
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002586
2587Problem with CTRL-F. (Charles Campbell, 2008 March 21)
2588Only happens with "gvim -geometry "160x26+4+27" -u NONE -U NONE prop.c".
2589'lines' is 54. (2008 March 27)
2590
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002591Problem with pointer wrapping around in getvcol(). (Wolfgang Kroworsch, 2008
2592Oct 19) Check for "col" being "MAXCOL" separately?
2593
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002594Unexpectedly inserting a double quote. (Anton Woellert, 2008 Mar 23)
2595Works OK when 'cmdheight' is 2.
2596
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +020025978 Use a mechanism similar to omni completion to figure out the kind of tab
2598 for CTRL-] and jump to the appropriate matching tag (if there are
2599 several).
2600 Alternative: be able to define a function that takes the tag name and uses
2601 taglist() to find the right location. With indication of using CTRL-] so
2602 that the context can be taken into account. (Robert Webb)
2603Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013 May 31.
2604
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002605The utf class table is missing some entries:
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01002606 0x2212, minus sign
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002607 0x2217, star
2608 0x2500, bar
2609 0x26ab, circle
2610
2611Visual line mode doesn't highlight properly when 'showbreak' is used and the
2612line doesn't fit. (Dasn, 2008 May 1)
2613
2614GUI: In Normal mode can't yank the modeless selection. Make "gy" do this?
2615Works like CTRL-Y in Command line mode.
2616
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002617Mac: Move Carbon todo items to os_mac.txt. Note that this version is frozen,
2618try the Cocoa version.
2619
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002620Mac: After a ":vsplit" the left scrollbar doesn't appear until 'columns' is
2621changed or the window is resized.
2622
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002623GTK: when setting 'columns' in a startup script and doing ":vertical diffsplit"
2624the window isn't redrawn properly, see two vertical bars.
2625
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002626Mac: Patch for configure: remove arch from ruby link args. (Knezevic, 2008
2627Mar 5) Alternative: Kazuki Sakamoto, Mar 7.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002628
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002629Mac: trouble compiling with Motif, requires --disable-darwin. (Raf, 2008 Aug
26301) Reply by Ben Schmidt.
2631
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002632C't: On utf-8 system, editing file with umlaut through Gnome results in URL
2633with %nn%nn, which is taken as two characters instead of one.
2634Try to reproduce at work.
2635
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002636Patch for default choice in file changed dialog. (Bjorn Winckler, 2008 Oct 19)
2637Is there a way to list all the files first?
2638
2639When 'smartcase' is set and using CTRL-L to add to the search pattern it may
2640result in no matches. Convert chars to lower case? (Erik Wognsen, 2009 Apr
264116)
2642
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002643Fail to edit file after failed register access. Error flag remains set?
2644(Lech Lorens, 2010 Aug 30)
2645
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002646Patch for redo register. (Ben Schmidt, 2007 Oct 19)
2647Await response to question to make the register writable.
2648
2649Problem with 'ts' set to 9 and 'showbreak' to ">>>". (Matthew Winn, 2007 Oct
26501)
2651
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002652In the swapfile dialog, add a H(elp) option that gives more info about what
2653each choice does. Similar to ":help swap-exists-choices"
2654
2655try/catch not working for argument of return. (Matt Wozniski, 2008 Sep 15)
2656
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002657try/catch not working when inside a for loop. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 25)
2658
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002659":tab help" always opens a new tab, while ":help" re-uses an existing window.
2660Would be more consistent when an existing tab is re-used. (Tony Mechelynck)
2661
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002662Add ":nofold". Range will apply without expanding to closed fold.
2663
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002664Using Aap to build Vim: add remarks about how to set personal preferences.
2665Example on http://www.calmar.ws/tmp/aap.html
2666
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002667Syntax highlighting wrong for transparent region. (Doug Kearns, 2007 Feb 26)
2668Bug in using a transparent syntax region. (Hanlen in vim-dev maillist, 2007
2669Jul 31)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002670
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002671When 'diffopt' has "context:0" a single deleted line causes two folds to merge
2672and mess up syncing. (Austin Jennings, 2008 Jan 31)
2673
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002674Gnome improvements: Edward Catmur, 2007 Jan 7
2675 Also use Save/Discard for other GUIs
2676
2677New PHP syntax file, use it? (Peter Hodge)
2678
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02002679":echoe" in catch block stops processing, while this doesn't happen outside of
2680a catch block. (ZyX, 2011 Jun 2)
2681
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002682'foldcolumn' in modeline applied to wrong window when using a session. (Teemu
2683Likonen, March 19)
2684
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002685Test 54 uses shell commands, that doesn't work on non-Unix systems. Use some
2686other way to test buffer-local autocommands.
2687
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002688The documentation mentions the priority for ":2match" and ":3match", but it
2689appears the last one wins. (John Beckett, 2008 Jul 22) Caused by adding
2690matchadd()? Suggested patch by John, 2008 Jul 24.
2691
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002692When 'encoding' is utf-8 the command line is redrawn as a whole on every
2693character typed. (Tyler Spivey, 2008 Sep 3) Only redraw cmdline for
2694'arabicshape' when there is a character on the command line for which
2695(ARABIC_CHAR(u8c)) is TRUE.
2696
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002697Cheng Fang made javacomplete. (2007 Aug 11)
2698Asked about latest version: 0.77.1 is on www.vim.org.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002699
2700More AmigaOS4 patches. (Peter Bengtsson, Nov 9)
2701
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002702Amiga patches with vbcc. (Adrien Destugues, 2010 Aug 30)
2703http://pulkomandy.ath.cx/drop/vim73_vbcc_amiga.diff
2704
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002705Insert mode completion: When editing the text and pressing CTRL-N again goes
2706back to originally completed text, edited text is gone. (Peng Yu, 2008 Jul 24)
2707Suggestion by Ben Schmidt, 2008 Aug 6.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002708
2709Problem with compound words? (Bert, 2008 May 6)
2710No warning for when flags are defined after they are used in an affix.
2711
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002712Screen redrawing when continuously updating the buffer and resizing the
2713terminal. (Yakov Lerner, 2006 Sept 7)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002714
2715Add option settings to help ftplugin. (David Eggum, 2006 Dec 18)
2716
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002717Autoconf problem: when checking for iconv library we may add -L/usr/local/lib,
2718but when compiling further tests -liconv is added without the -L argument,
2719that may fail (e.g., sizeof(int)). (Blaine, 2007 Aug 21)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002720
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002721Problem with ".add" files when using two languages and restarting Vim. (Raul
2722Coronado, 2008 Oct 30)
2723
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002724Popup menu redraw: Instead of first redrawing the text and then drawing the
2725popup menu over it, first draw the new popup menu, remember its position and
2726size and then redraw the text, skipping the characters under the popup menu.
2727This should avoid flicker. Other solution by A.Politz, 2007 Aug 22.
2728
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002729When a register contains illegal bytes, writing viminfo in utf-8 and reading
2730it back doesn't result in utf-8. (Devin Bayer)
2731
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002732Command line completion: Scanning for tags doesn't check for typed key now and
2733then? Hangs for about 5 seconds. Appears to be caused by finding include
2734files with "foo/**" in 'path'. (Kalisiak, 2006 July 15)
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002735Additional info: When using the |wildcards| ** globing, vim hangs
2736indefinitely on lots of directories. The |file-searching| globing, like in
2737":set path=/**" does not hang as often as with globing with |wildcards|, like
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02002738in ":1find /**/file". This is for files that unix "find" can find very
2739quickly. Merging the 2 kinds of globing might make this an easier fix. (Ian
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002740Kelling, 2008 July 4)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002741
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002742When the file name has parenthesis, e.g., "foo (bar).txt", ":!ls '%'" has the
2743parenthesis escaped but not the space. That's inconsistent. Either escape
2744neither or both. No escaping might be best, because it doesn't depend on
2745particularities of the shell. (Zvi Har'El, 2007 Nov 10) (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2746Jun 3)
2747However, for backwards compatibility escaping might be necessary. Check if
2748the user put quotes around the expanded item?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002749
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002750A throw in a function causes missing an endif below the call. (Spiros
2751Bousbouras, 2011 May 16)
2752
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002753Error E324 can be given when a cron script has wiped out our temp directory.
2754Give a clear error message about this (and tell them not to wipe out /tmp).
2755
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002756Color for cUserLabel should differ from case label, so that a mistake in a
2757switch list is noticed:
2758 switch (i)
2759 {
2760 case 1:
2761 foobar:
2762 }
2763
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002764Look at http://www.gtk-server.org/ . It has a Vim script implementation.
2765
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002766Netbeans problem. Use "nc -l 127.0.0.1 55555" for the server, then run gvim
2767with "gvim -nb:localhost:55555:foo". From nc do: '1:editFile!0 "foo"'. Then
2768go to Insert mode and add a few lines. Then backspacing every other time
2769moves the cursor instead of deleting. (Chris Kaiser, 2007 Sep 25)
2770
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002771Windows installer could add a "open in new tab of existing Vim" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002772GvimExt: patch to add "Edit with single Vim &tabbed" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002773Just have two choices, always using one Vim and selecting between using an
2774argument list or opening each file in a separate tab.
2775(Erik Falor, 2008 May 21, 2008 Jun 26)
2776
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002777Windows installer: licence text should not use indent, causes bad word wrap.
2778(Benjamin Fritz, 2010 Aug 16)
2779
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002780Changes for Win32 makefile. (Mike Williams, 2007 Jan 22, Alexei Alexandrov,
27812007 Feb 8)
2782
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002783Win32: Can't complete shell command names. Why is setting xp_context in
2784set_one_cmd_context() inside #ifndef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002785
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002786Win32: Patch for cscope external command. (Mike Williams, 2007 Aug 7)
2787
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002788Win32: XPM support only works with path without spaces. Patch by Mathias
2789Michaelis, 2006 Jun 9. Another patch for more path names, 2006 May 31.
2790New version: http://members.tcnet.ch/michaelis/vim/patches.zip (also for other
2791patches by Mathias, see mail Feb 22)
2792
2793Win32: compiling with normal features and OLE fails. Patch by Mathias
2794Michaelis, 2006 Jun 4.
2795
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002796Win32: using CTRL-S in Insert mode doesn't remove the "+" from the tab pages
Bram Moolenaared39e1d2008-08-09 17:55:22 +00002797label. (Tsakiridis, 2007 Feb 18) Patch from Ian Kelling, 2008 Aug 6.
2798
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002799Win32: using "gvim --remote-tab-silent fname" sometimes gives an empty screen
2800with the more prompt. Caused by setting the guitablabel? (Thomas Michael
2801Engelke, 2007 Dec 20 - 2008 Jan 17)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002802
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002803Win32: patch for fullscreen mode. (Liushaolin, 2008 April 17)
2804
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002805Win32: When 'shell' is bash shellescape() doesn't always do the right thing.
2806Depends on 'shellslash', 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote', but shellescape()
2807only takes 'shellslash' into account.
2808
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002809Menu item that does "xxd -r" doesn't work when 'fileencoding' is utf-16.
2810Check for this and use iconv? (Edward L. Fox, 2007 Sep 12)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002811Does the conversion in the other direction work when 'fileencodings' is set
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002812properly?
2813
2814Cursor displayed in the wrong position when using 'numberwidth'. (James Vega,
28152007 Jun 21)
2816
2817When $VAR contains a backslash expand('$VAR') removes it. (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2818Jun 18)
2819
2820If the variable "g:x#y#z" exists completion after ":echo g:x#" doesn't work.
2821
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002822Feature request: Command to go to previous tab, like what CTRL-W p does for
2823windows. (Adam George)
2824
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002825In debug mode, using CTRL-R = to evaluate a function causes stepping through
2826the function. (Hari Krishna Dara, 2006 Jun 28)
2827
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002828C++ indenting wrong with "=". (James Kanze, 2007 Jan 26)
2829
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002830":lockvar" should use copyID to avoid endless loop.
2831
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002832When using --remote-silent and the file name matches 'wildignore' get an E479
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002833error. without --remote-silent it works fine. (Ben Fritz, 2008 Jun 20)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002834
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002835GVim: dialog for closing Vim should check if Vim is busy writing a file. Then
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002836use a different dialog: "busy saving, really quit? yes / no".
2837
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002838Check other interfaces for changing curbuf in a wrong way. Patch like for
2839if_ruby.c.
2840
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002841":helpgrep" should use the directory from 'helpfile'.
2842
2843The need_fileinfo flag is messy. Instead make the message right away and put
2844it in keep_msg?
2845
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002846Editing a file remotely that matches 'wildignore' results in a "no match"
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002847error. Should only happen when there are wildcards, not when giving the file
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002848name literally, and esp. if there is only one name.
2849
Bram Moolenaar1423b9d2006-05-07 15:16:06 +00002850Test 61 fails sometimes. This is a timing problem: "sleep 2" sometimes takes
2851longer than 2 seconds.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00002852
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002853Using ":au CursorMoved * cmd" invokes mch_FullName(), which can be slow.
2854Can this be avoided? (Thomas Waba, 2008 Aug 24)
2855Also for ":w" without a file name.
2856The buffer has the full path in ffname, should pass this to the autocommand.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002857
2858"vim -C" often has 'nocompatible', because it's set in some startup script.
2859Set 'compatible' after startup is done? Patch by James Vega, 2008 Feb 7.
2860
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002861VMS: while editing a file found in complex, Vim will save file into the first
2862directory of the path and not to the original location of the file.
2863(Zoltan Arpadffy)
2864
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002865VMS: VFC files are in some cases truncated during reading (Zoltan Arpadffy)
2866
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002867input() completion should not insert a backslash to escape a space in a file
2868name?
2869
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002870Ruby completion is insecure. Can this be fixed?
2871
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002872When 'backupskip' is set from $TEMP special characters need to be escaped.
2873(patch by Grembowietz, 2007 Feb 26, not quite right)
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01002874Another problem is that file_pat_to_reg_pat() doesn't recognize "\\", so "\\("
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002875will be seen as a path separator plus "\(".
2876
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002877gvim d:\path\path\(FILE).xml should not remove the \ before the (.
2878This also fails with --remote.
2879
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002880When doing ":quit" the Netbeans "killed" event isn't sent. (Xavier de Gaye,
28812008 Nov 10) call netbeans_file_closed() at the end of buf_freeall(), or in
2882all places where buf_freeall() is called?
2883
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002884aucmd_prepbuf() should also use a window in another tab page.
2885
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002886When unloading a buffer in a BufHidden autocommand the hidden flag is reset?
2887(Bob Hiestand, 2008 Aug 26, Aug 27)
2888
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002889Substituting an area with a line break with almost the same area does change
2890the Visual area. Can this be fixed? (James Vega, 2006 Sept 15)
2891
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002892GUI: When combining fg en bg make sure they are not equal.
2893
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002894Spell checking: Add a way to specify punctuation characters. Add the
2895superscript numbers by default: 0x2070, 0xb9, 0xb2, 0xb3, 0x2074 - 0x2079.
2896
2897Spell checking in popup menu: If the only problem is the case of the first
2898character, don't offer "ignore" and "add to word list".
2899
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002900Use different pt_br dictionary for spell checking. (Jackson A. Aquino, 2006
2901Jun 5)
2902
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002903Use different romanian dictionary for spell checking. (Andrei Popescu, Nov
29042008) Use http://downloads.sourceforge.net/rospell/ro_RO.3.2.zip
2905Or the hunspell-ro.3.2.tar.gz file, it also has a iso-8859-2 list.
2906
2907In a C file with spell checking, in "% integer" "nteger" is seen as an error,
2908but "]s" doesn't find it. "nteger" by itself is found. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008
2909Jul 22)
2910
2911There should be something about spell checking in the user manual.
2912
2913Spell menu: When using the Popup menu to select a replacement word,
2914":spellrepeat" doesn't work. SpellReplace() uses setline(). Can it use "z="
2915somehow? Or use a new function.
2916
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002917Mac: Using gvim: netrw window disappears. (Nick Lo, 2006 Jun 21)
2918
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002919Add an option to specify the character to use when a double-width character is
2920moved to the next line. Default '>', set to a space to blank it out. Check
2921that char is single width when it's set (compare with 'listchars').
2922
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002923The generated vim.bat can avoid the loop for NT. (Carl Zmola, 2006 Sep 3)
2924
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002925When showing a diff between a non-existent file and an existing one, with the
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002926cursor in the empty buffer, the other buffer only shows the last line. Change
2927the "insert" into a change from one line to many? (Yakov Lerner, 2008 May 27)
2928
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002929These two abbreviations don't give the same result:
2930 let asdfasdf = "xyz\<Left>"
2931 cabbr XXX <C-R>=asdfasdf<CR>
2932 cabbr YYY xyz<Left>
2933
2934Michael Dietrich: maximized gvim sometimes displays output of external command
2935partly. (2006 Dec 7)
2936
2937In FileChangedShell command it's no longer allowed to switch to another
2938buffer. But the changed buffer may differ from the current buffer, how to
2939reload it then?
2940
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002941For Aap: include a config.arg.example file with hints how to use config.arg.
2942
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002943Command line completion when 'cmdheight' is maximum and 'wildmenu' is set,
2944only one buffer line displayed, causes display errors.
2945
2946Completing with 'wildmenu' and using <Up> and <Down> to move through directory
2947tree stops unexpectedly when using ":cd " and entering a directory that
2948doesn't contain other directories.
2949
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01002950Default for 'background' is wrong when using xterm with 256 colors.
2951Table with estimates from Matteo Cavalleri, 2014 Jan 10.
2952
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002953Setting 'background' resets the Normal background color:
2954 highlight Normal ctermbg=DarkGray
2955 set background=dark
2956This is undesired, 'background' is supposed to tell Vim what the background
2957color is, not reset it.
2958
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002959Completion menu: For a wrapping line, completing a long file name, only the
2960start of the path is shown in the menu. Should move the menu to the right to
2961show more text of the completions. Shorten the items that don't fit in the
2962middle?
2963
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002964Accessing file#var in a function should not need the g: prepended.
2965
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002966When exiting detects a modified buffer, instead of opening the buffer in the
2967current tab, use an existing tab, if possible. Like finding a window where
2968the buffer is displayed. (Antonios Tsakiridis)
2969
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002970When ":cn" moves to an error in the same line the message isn't shortened.
2971Only skip shortening for ":cc"?
2972
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002973Problem with ":call" and dictionary function. Hari Krishna Dara, Charles
2974Campbell 2006 Jul 06.
2975
2976Syntax HL error caused by "containedin". (Peter Hodge, 2006 Oct 6)
2977
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002978A custom completion function in a ":command" cannot be a Funcref. (Andy
2979Wokula, 2007 Aug 25)
2980
2981Problem with using :redir in user command completion function? (Hari Krishna
2982Dara, 2006 June 21)
2983
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002984Another resizing problem when setting 'columns' and 'lines' to a very large
2985number. (Tony Mechelynck, 2007 Feb 6)
2986
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002987After starting Vim, using '0 to jump somewhere in a file, ":sp" doesn't center
2988the cursor line. It works OK after some other commands.
2989
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002990Win32: Is it possible to have both postscript and Win32 printing?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002991
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002992Problem with 'cdpath' on MS-Windows when a directory is equal to $HOME. (2006
2993Jul 26, Gary Johnson)
2994
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002995Using UTF-8 character with ":command" does not work properly. (Matt Wozniski,
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010029962008 Sep 29)
2997
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002998In the Netbeans interface add a "vimeval" function, so that the other side can
2999check the result of has("patch13").
3000
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003001Cursor line at bottom of window instead of halfway after saving view and
3002restoring. Only with 'nowrap'. (Robert Webb, 2008 Aug 25)
3003
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01003004Netrw has trouble executing autocommands only for a directory. Add <isdir>
3005and <notisdir> to autocommand patterns? Also <isfile>?
3006
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003007Add command modifier that skips wildcard expansion, so that you don't need to
3008put backslashes before special chars, only for white space.
3009
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003010Syntax HL: open two windows on the same C code, delete a ")" in one window,
3011resulting in highlighted "{" in that window, not in the other.
3012
3013In mswin.vim: Instead of mapping <C-V> for Insert mode in a complicated way,
3014can it be done like ":imap <C-V> <MiddleMouse>" without negative side effects?
3015
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003016GTK: when the Tab pages bar appears or disappears while the window is
3017maximized the window is no longer maximized. Patch that has some idea but
3018doesn't work from Geoffrey Antos, 2008 May 5.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003019Also: the window may no longer fit on the screen, thus the command line is not
3020visible.
3021
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01003022When right after "vim file", "M" then CTRL-W v the windows are scrolled
3023differently and unexpectedly. Caused by patch 7.2.398?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003024
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003025The magic clipboard format "VimClipboard2" appears in several places. Should
3026be only one.
3027
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02003028Win32, NTFS: When editing a specific infostream directly and 'backupcopy' is
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003029"auto" should detect this situation and work like 'backupcopy' is "yes". File
3030name is something like "c:\path\foo.txt:bar", includes a colon. (Alex
3031Jakushev, 2008 Feb 1)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003032
3033Small problem displaying diff filler line when opening windows with a script.
3034(David Luyer, 2007 Mar 1 ~/Mail/oldmail/mool/in.15872 )
3035
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003036Is it allowed that 'backupext' is empty? Problems when backup is in same dir
3037as original file? If it's OK don't compare with 'patchmode'. (Thierry Closen)
3038
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003039Patch for adding ":lscscope". (Navdeep Parhar, 2007 Apr 26; update 2008 Apr
304023)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003041
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003042":mkview" isn't called with the right buffer argument. Happens when using
3043tabs and the autocommand "autocmd BufWinLeave * mkview". (James Vega, 2007
3044Jun 18)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003045
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003046When completing from another file that uses a different encoding completion
3047text has the wrong encoding. E.g., when 'encoding' is utf-8 and file is
3048latin1. Example from Gombault Damien, 2007 Mar 24.
3049
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003050Syntax HL: When using "nextgroup" and the group has an empty match, there is
3051no search at that position for another match. (Lukas Mai, 2008 April 11)
3052
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003053In gvim the backspace key produces a backspace character, but on Linux the
3054VERASE key is Delete. Set VERASE to Backspace? (patch by Stephane Chazelas,
30552007 Oct 16)
3056
3057TermResponse autocommand isn't always triggered when using vimdiff. (Aron
3058Griffis, 2007 Sep 19)
3059
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003060Create a gvimtutor.1 file and change Makefiles to install it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003061
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003062When 'encoding' is utf-8 typing text at the end of the line causes previously
3063typed characters to be redrawn. Caused by patch 7.1.329. (Tyler Spivey, 2008
3064Sep 3, 11)
3065
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003066":vimgrep" does not recognize a recursive symlink. Is it possible to detect
3067this, at least for Unix (using device/inode)?
3068
3069When switching between windows the cursor is often put in the middle.
3070Remember the relative position and restore that, just like lnum and col are
3071restored. (Luc St-Louis)
3072
Bram Moolenaarb2c03502010-07-02 20:20:09 +02003073Patch to support horizontal scroll wheel in GTK. Untested. (Bjorn Winckler,
30742010 Jun 30)
3075
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02003076Add an option for a minimal text length before inserting a line break for
3077'textwidth'. Avoids very short lines when a very long word follows.
3078(Kartik Agaram)
3079
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003080
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01003081Better plugin support (not plugin manager, see elsewhere for that):
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01003082- Avoid use of feedkeys, add eval functions where needed:
3083 - manipulating the Visual selection?
3084- Add createmark(): add a mark like mM, but return a unique ID. Need some way
3085 to clean them up again... Use a name + the script ID.
3086 Add createmark( , 'c') to track inserts/deletes before the column.
3087- Plugins need to make a lot of effort, lots of mappings, to know what
3088 happened before pressing the key that triggers a plugin action. How about
3089 keeping the last N pressed keys, so that they do not need to be mapped?
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01003090- equivalent of netbeans_beval_cb(). With an autocommand?
3091- Add something to enable debugging when a remote message is received.
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01003092
3093
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003094More patches:
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02003095- Another patch for Javascript indenting. (Hari Kumar, 2010 Jul 11)
3096 Needs a few tests.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003097- Add 'cscopeignorecase' option. (Liang Wenzhi, 2006 Sept 3)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003098- Extra argument to strtrans() to translate special keys to their name (Eric
3099 Arnold, 2006 May 22)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003100- Mac: indicate whether a buffer was modified. (Nicolas Weber, 2006 Jun 30)
3101- Allow negative 'nrwidth' for left aligning. (Nathan Laredo, 2006 Aug 16)
3102- ml_append_string(): efficiently append to an existing line. (Brad
3103 Beveridge, 2006 Aug 26) Use in some situations, e.g., when pasting a
3104 character at a time?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003105- recognize hex numbers better. (Mark Manning, 2006 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003106- Add <AbbrExpand> key, to expand an abbreviation in a mapping. (Kana
3107 Natsuno, 2008 Jul 17)
3108- Add 'wspara' option, also accept blank lines like empty lines for "{" and
3109 "}". (Mark Lundquist, 2008 Jul 18)
3110- Patch to add CTRL-T to delete part of a path on cmdline. (Adek, 2008 Jul
3111 21)
3112- Instead of creating a copy of the tutor in all the shell scripts, do it in
3113 vimtutor.vim. (Jan Minar, 2008 Jul 20)
3114- When fsync() fails there is no hint about what went wrong. Patch by Ben
3115 Schmidt, 2008 Jul 22.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003116- testdir/Make_dos_sh.mak for running tests with MingW. (Bill Mccarthy, 2008
3117 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02003118- Replace ccomplete.vim by cppcomplete.vim from www.vim.org? script 1520 by
3119 Vissale Neang. (Martin Stubenschrott) Asked Vissale to make the scripts
3120 more friendly for the Vim distribution.
3121 New version received 2008 Jan 6.
3122 No maintenance in two years...
Bram Moolenaar5aae4192010-08-03 23:00:38 +02003123- Patch to open dropped files in new tabs. (Michael Trim, 2010 Aug 3)
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00003124
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003125Awaiting updated patches:
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +000031269 Mac unicode patch (Da Woon Jung, Eckehard Berns):
3127 8 Add patch from Muraoka Taro (Mar 16) to support input method on Mac?
3128 New patch 2004 Jun 16
3129 - selecting proportional font breaks display
3130 - UTF-8 text causes display problems. Font replacement causes this.
3131 - Command-key mappings do not work. (Alan Schmitt)
3132 - With 'nopaste' pasting is wrong, with 'paste' Command-V doesn't work.
3133 (Alan Schmitt)
3134 - remove 'macatsui' option when this has been fixed.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003135 - when 'macatsui' is off should we always convert to "macroman" and ignore
3136 'termencoding'?
Bram Moolenaar76b92b22006-03-24 22:46:53 +000031379 HTML indenting can be slow. Caused by using searchpair(). Can search()
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003138 be used instead? A.Politz is looking into a solution.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000031398 Win32: Add minidump generation. (George Reilly, 2006 Apr 24)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031407 Completion of network shares, patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto.
3141 Update 2004 Sep 6.
3142 How does this work? Missing comments.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031438 Add a few more command names to the menus. Patch from Jiri Brezina
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00003144 (28 feb 2002). Will mess the translations...
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +020031457 ATTENTION dialog choices are more logical when "Delete it" appears
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003146 before "Quit". Patch by Robert Webb, 2004 May 3.
3147- Include flipcase patch: ~/vim/patches/wall.flipcase2 ? Make it work
3148 for multi-byte characters.
3149- Win32: add options to print dialog. Patch from Vipin Aravind.
3150- Patch to add highlighting for whitespace. (Tom Schumm, 2003 Jul 5)
3151 use the patch that keeps using HLF_8 if HLF_WS has not
3152 been given values.
3153 Add section in help files for these highlight groups?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031547 Add "DefaultFG" and "DefaultBG" for the colors of the menu. (Marcin
3155 Dalecki has a patch for Motif and Carbon)
3156- Add possibility to highlight specific columns (for Fortran). Or put a
3157 line in between columns (e.g., for 'textwidth').
3158 Patch to add 'hlcolumn' from Vit Stradal, 2004 May 20.
31598 Add functions:
3160 gettext() Translate a message. (Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
3161 Update 2004 Sep 10
3162 Another patch from Edward L. Fox (2005 Nov 24)
3163 Search in 'runtimepath'?
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00003164 More docs needed about how to use this.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003165 How to get the messages into the .po files?
3166 confirm() add "flags" argument, with 'v' for vertical
3167 layout and 'c' for console dialog. (Haegg)
3168 Flemming Madsen has a patch for the 'c' flag
3169 (2003 May 13)
3170 raisewin() raise gvim window (see HierAssist patch for
3171 Tcl implementation ~/vim/HierAssist/ )
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003172 taglist() add argument to specify maximum number of matches.
3173 useful for interactive things or completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003174 col('^') column of first non-white character.
3175 Can use "len(substitute(getline('.'), '\S.*', '', ''))
3176 + 1", but that's ugly.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031777 Add patch from Benoit Cerrina to integrate Vim and Perl functions
3178 better. Now also works for Ruby (2001 Nov 10)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031797 When 'rightleft' is set, the search pattern should be displayed right
3180 to left as well? See patch of Dec 26. (Nadim Shaikli)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +000031818 Option to lock all used memory so that it doesn't get swapped to disk
3182 (uncrypted). Patch by Jason Holt, 2003 May 23. Uses mlock.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031837 Add ! register, for shell commands. (patch from Grenie)
31848 In the gzip plugin, also recognize *.gz.orig, *.gz.bak, etc. Like it's
3185 done for filetype detection. Patch from Walter Briscoe, 2003 Jul 1.
31867 Add a "-@ filelist" argument: read file names from a file. (David
3187 Kotchan has a patch for it)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031887 Add ":justify" command. Patch from Vit Stradal 2002 Nov 25.
3189- findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at
3190 get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram,
3191 incomplete patch Mar 18)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003192- For GUI Find/Replace dialog support using a regexp. Patch for Motif
3193 and GTK by degreneir (nov 10 and nov 18).
3194- Patch for "paranoid mode" by Kevin Collins, March 7. Needs much more work.
3195
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +02003196Better 'rightleft' or BIDI support:
3197- Minimal Vi with bidi support: https://github.com/aligrudi/neatvi
3198 By Ali Gholami Rudi, also worked on arabic.c
3199
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01003200Quickfix/Location List:
3201- Window size is wrong when using quickfix window. (Lifepillar, 2018 Aug 24,
3202 #2999)
3203- When using CTRL-W CR in the quickfix window, the jumplist in the opened
3204 window is cleared, to avoid going back to the list of errors buffer (would
3205 have two windows with it). Can we just remove the jump list entries for
3206 the quickfix buffer?
3207- Quickfix window height is not kept with a vertical split. (Lifepillar,
3208 2018 Jun 10, #2998)
3209- When an item in the quickfix list has a file name that does not exist,
3210 behave like the item was not a match for :cnext.
3211- When adding an item to a new quickfix list make ":cnext" jump to that
3212 item. Make a difference being at the first item and not having used
3213 :cnext at all. (Afanasiy Fet, 2017 Jan 3)
3214- This does not work: :set cscopequickfix=a-
3215 (Linewi, 2015 Jul 12, #914)
3216- When opening quickfix window, disable spell checking?
3217- Patch for supporting count before CR in quickfix window. (AOYAMA Shotaro,
3218 2007 Jan 1)
3219- Patch from Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto for better formatting of the
3220 quickfix window (2004 dec 2)
3221- Amiga: When using quickfix with the Manx compiler we only get the first 25
3222 errors. How do we get the rest?
32238 The quickfix file is read without conversion, thus in 'encoding'. Add an
3224 option to specify the encoding of the errorfile and convert it. Also for
3225 ":grep" and ":helpgrep".
3226 More generic solution: support a filter (e.g., by calling a function).
32277 Add a command that goes back to the position from before jumping to the
3228 first quickfix location. ":cbefore"?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003229
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003230Vi incompatibility:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003231- Try new POSIX tests, made after my comments. (Geoff Clare, 2005 April 7)
3232 Version 1.5 is in ~/src/posix/1.5. (Lynne Canal)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032338 With undo/redo only marks in the changed lines should be changed. Other
3234 marks should be kept. Vi keeps each mark at the same text, even when it
3235 is deleted or restored. (Webb)
3236 Also: A mark is lost after: make change, undo, redo and undo.
3237 Example: "{d''" then "u" then "d''": deletes an extra line, because the ''
3238 position is one line down. (Veselinovic)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032398 When stdin is not a tty, and Vim reads commands from it, an error should
3240 make Vim exit.
32417 Unix Vim (not gvim): Typing CTRL-C in Ex mode should finish the line
3242 (currently you can continue typing, but it's truncated later anyway).
3243 Requires a way to make CTRL-C interrupt select() when in cooked input.
32448 When loading a file in the .exrc, Vi loads the argument anyway. Vim skips
3245 loading the argument if there is a file already. When no file argument
3246 given, Vi starts with an empty buffer, Vim keeps the loaded file. (Bearded)
32476 In Insert mode, when using <BS> or <Del>, don't wipe out the text, but
3248 only move back the cursor. Behaves like '$' in 'cpoptions'. Use a flag
3249 in 'cpoptions' to switch this on/off.
32508 When editing a file which is a symbolic link, and then opening another
3251 symbolic link on the same file, Vim uses the name of the first one.
3252 Adjust the file name in the buffer to the last one used? Use several file
3253 names in one buffer???
3254 Also: When first editing file "test", which is symlink to "test2", and
3255 then editing "test2", you end up editing buffer "test" again. It's not
3256 logical that the name that was first used sticks with the buffer.
32577 The ":undo" command works differently in Ex mode. Edit a file, make some
3258 changes, "Q", "undo" and _all_ changes are undone, like the ":visual"
3259 command was one command.
Bram Moolenaareaa48e72005-06-08 22:07:37 +00003260 On the other hand, an ":undo" command in an Ex script only undoes the last
3261 change (e.g., use two :append commands, then :undo).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032627 The ":map" command output overwrites the command. Perhaps it should keep
3263 the ":map" when it's used without arguments?
32647 CTRL-L is not the end of a section? It is for Posix! Make it an option.
32657 Implement 'prompt' option. Init to off when stdin is not a tty.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032667 Add a way to send an email for a crashed edit session. Create a file when
3267 making changes (containing name of the swap file), delete it when writing
3268 the file. Supply a program that can check for crashed sessions (either
3269 all, for a system startup, or for one user, for in a .login file).
32707 Vi doesn't do autoindenting when input is not from a tty (in Ex mode).
32717 "z3<CR>" should still use the whole window, but only redisplay 3 lines.
32727 ":tag xx" should move the cursor to the first non-blank. Or should it go
3273 to the match with the tag? Option?
32747 Implement 'autoprint'/'ap' option.
32757 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes <BS> after a count work like <Del>
3276 (Sayre).
32777 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes operator (yank, filter) not move the
3278 cursor, at least when cancelled. (default Vi compatible).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032797 This Vi-trick doesn't work: "Q" to go to Ex mode, then "g/pattern/visual".
3280 In Vi you can edit in visual mode, and when doing "Q" you jump to the next
3281 match. Nvi can do it too.
32827 Support '\' for line continuation in Ex mode for these commands: (Luebking)
3283 g/./a\ g/pattern1/ s/pattern2/rep1\\
3284 line 1\ line 2\\
3285 line 2\ line 3\\
3286 . line4/
32876 ":e /tmp/$tty" doesn't work. ":e $uid" does. Is $tty not set because of
3288 the way the shell is started?
32896 Vi compatibility (optional): make "ia<CR><ESC>10." do the same strange
3290 thing. (only repeat insert for the first line).
3291
3292
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003293GTK+ GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000032949 Crash with X command server over ssh. (Ciaran McCreesh, 2006 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032958 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters not displayed properly in menus (Mikolaj
3296 Machowski) They are displayed as separate characters. Problem in
3297 creating a label?
Bram Moolenaar6e7c7f32005-08-24 22:16:11 +000032988 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters are sometimes not drawn properly.
3299 Depends on the font size, "monospace 13" has the problem. Vim seems to do
3300 everything right, must be a GTK bug. Is there a way to work around it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033019 Can't paste a Visual selection from GTK-gvim to vim in xterm or Motif gvim
3302 when it is longer than 4000 characters. Works OK from gvim to gvim and
3303 vim to vim. Pasting through xterm (using the shift key) also works.
3304 It starts working after GTK gvim loses the selection and gains it again.
Bram Moolenaare580b0c2006-03-21 21:33:03 +00003305- Gnome2: When moving the toolbar out of the dock, so that it becomes
3306 floating, it can no longer be moved. Therefore making it float has been
3307 blocked for now.
3308
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003309
3310Win32 GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003311- Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
3312 the screen.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033138 The -P argument doesn't work very well with many MDI applications.
3314 The last argument of CreateWindowEx() should be used, see MSDN docs.
3315 Tutorial: http://win32assembly.online.fr/tut32.html
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033166 Win32 GUI: With "-u NONE -U NONE" and doing "CTRL-W v" "CTRL-W o", the ":"
3317 of ":only" is highlighted like the cursor. (Lipelis)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000033188 When 'encoding' is "utf-8", should use 'guifont' for both normal and wide
3319 characters to make Asian languages work. Win32 fonts contain both
3320 type of characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033217 When font smoothing is enabled, redrawing can become very slow. The reason
3322 appears to be drawing with a transparent background. Would it be possible
3323 to use an opaque background in most places?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033247 The cursor color indicating IME mode doesn't work properly. (Shizhu Pan,
3325 2004 May 9)
33268 Win32: When clicking on the gvim title bar, which gives it focus, produces
3327 a file-changed dialog, after clicking on a button in that dialog the gvim
3328 window follows the mouse. The button-up event is lost. Only with
3329 MS-Windows 98?
3330 Try this: ":set sw ts", get enter-prompt, then change the file in a
3331 console, go back to Vim and click "reload" in the dialog for the changed
3332 file: Window moves with the cursor!
3333 Put focus event in input buffer and let generic Vim code handle it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033348 Win32 GUI: With maximized window, ":set go-=r" doesn't use the space that
3335 comes available. (Poucet) It works OK on Win 98 but doesn't work on Win
3336 NT 4.0. Leaves a grey area where the scrollbar was. ":set go+=r" also
3337 doesn't work properly.
33388 When Vim is minimized and when maximizing it a file-changed dialog pops
3339 up, Vim isn't maximized. It should be done before the dialog, so that it
3340 appears in the right position. (Webb)
33419 When selecting at the more-prompt or hit-enter-prompt, the right mouse
3342 button doesn't give popup menu.
3343 At the hit-enter prompt CTRL-Y doesn't work to copy the modeless
3344 selection.
3345 On the command line, don't get a popup menu for the right mouse button.
3346 Let the middle button paste selected text (not the clipboard but the
3347 non-Visual selection)? Otherwise CTRL-Y has to be used to copy the text.
33488 When 'grepprg' doesn't execute, the error only flashes by, the
3349 user can hardly see what is wrong. (Moore)
3350 Could use vimrun with an "-nowait" argument to only wait when an error
3351 occurs, but "command.com" doesn't return an error code.
33528 When the 'shell' cannot be executed, should give an appropriate error msg.
3353 Esp. for a filter command, currently it only complains the file could not
3354 be read.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033557 At the hit-enter prompt scrolling now no longer works. Need to use the
3356 keyboard to get around this. Pretend <CR> was hit when the user tries to
Bram Moolenaar4463f292005-09-25 22:20:24 +00003357 scroll?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033587 Scrollbar width doesn't change when selecting other windows appearance.
3359 Also background color of Toolbar and rectangle below vert. scrollbar.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033606 Drawing text transparently doesn't seem to work (when drawing part cursor).
33618 CTRL key doesn't always work in combination with ALT key. It does work
3362 for function keys, not for alphabetic characters. Perhaps this is because
3363 CTRL-ALT is used by Windows as AltGr?
33648 CTRL-- doesn't work for AZERTY, because it's CTRL-[ for QWERTY. How do we
3365 know which keyboard is being used?
33667 When scrolling, and a background color is dithered, the dither pattern
3367 doesn't always join correctly between the scrolled area and the new drawn
3368 area (Koloseike).
33698 When gui_init_font() is called with "*", p_guifont is freed while it might
3370 still be used somewhere. This is too tricky, do the font selection first,
3371 then set the new font by name (requires putting all logfont parameters in
3372 the font name).
3373
3374
3375Athena and Motif:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000033766 New Motif toolbar button from Marcin Dalecki:
3377 - When the mouse pointer is over an Agide button the red becomes black.
3378 Something with the way colors are specified in the .xpm file.
3379 - The pixmap is two pixels smaller than it should be. The gap is filled
3380 with grey instead of the current toolbar background color.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033819 Can configure be changed to disable netbeans if the Xpm library is
3382 required and it's missing?
33838 When using the resource "Vim*borderwidth 2" the widgets are positioned
3384 wrong.
33859 XIM is disabled by default for SGI/IRIX. Fix XIM so that 'imdisable' can
3386 be off by default.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000033879 XIM doesn't work properly for Athena/Motif. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) For now,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003388 keep XIM active at all times when the input method has the preediting
3389 flag.
33908 X11: A menu that contains an umlaut is truncated at that character.
3391 Happens when the locale is "C", which uses ASCII instead of IS0-8859-1.
3392 Is there a way to use latin1 by default? Gnome_init() seems to do this.
33938 Perhaps use fontsets for everything?
33946 When starting in English and switching the language to Japanese, setting
3395 the locale with ":lang", 'guifontset' and "hi menu font=", deleting all
3396 menus and setting them again, the menus don't use the new font. Most of
3397 the tooltips work though...
33987 Motif: when using a file selection dialog, the specified file name is not
3399 always used (when specifying a filter or another directory).
34008 When 'encoding' is different from the current locale (e.g., utf-8) the
3401 menu strings don't work. Requires conversion from 'encoding' to the
3402 current locale. Workaround: set 'langmenu'.
3403
3404
3405Athena GUI:
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +010034069 The first event for any button in the menu or toolbar appears to get lost.
3407 The second click on a menu does work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034089 When dragging the scrollbar thumb very fast, focus is only obtained in
3409 the scrollbar itself. And the thumb is no longer updated when moving
3410 through files.
34117 The file selector is not resizable. With a big font it is difficult to
3412 read long file names. (Schroeder)
34134 Re-write the widget attachments and code so that we will not have to go
3414 through and calculate the absolute position of every widget every time the
3415 window is refreshed/changes size. This will help the "flashing-widgets"
3416 problem during a refresh.
34175 When starting gvim with all the default colors and then typing
3418 ":hi Menu guibg=cyan", the menus change color but the background of the
3419 pullright pixmap doesn't change colors.
3420 If you type ":hi Menu guibg=cyan font=anyfont", then the pixmap changes
3421 colors as it should.
3422 Allocating a new pixmap and setting the resource doesn't change the
3423 pullright pixmap's colors. Why? Possible Athena bug?
3424
3425
3426Motif GUI:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02003427- gui_mch_browsedir() is missing, browsedir() doesn't work nicely.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034287 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
3429 David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034308 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
3431 very small instead of disappearing. When closing it, Vim crashes.
3432 (Phillipps)
3433
3434
3435GUI:
34369 On Solaris, creating the popup menu causes the right mouse button no
3437 longer to work for extending the selection. (Halevy)
34389 When running an external program, it can't always be killed with CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +00003439 e.g., on Solaris 5.5, when using "K" (Keech). Other 'guipty' problems on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003440 Solaris 2.6. (Marley)
34419 On Solaris: Using a "-geometry" argument, bigger than the window where Vim
3442 is started from, causes empty lines below the cmdline. (raf)
34438 X11 GUI: When menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', ALT key
3444 should not be used to trigger a menu (like the Win32 version).
34458 When setting 'langmenu', it should be effective immediately. Store both
3446 the English and the translated text in the menu structure. Re-generate
3447 the translation when 'langmenu' has changed.
34488 Basic flaw in the GUI code: NextScreen is updated before calling
3449 gui_write(), but the GUI code relies on NextScreen to represent the state
3450 of where it is processing the output.
3451 Need better separation of Vim core and GUI code.
34528 When fontset support is enabled, setting 'guifont' to a single font
3453 doesn't work.
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +010034548 Menu priority for sub-menus for: Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000034558 When translating menus ignore the part after the Tab, the shortcut. So
3456 that the same menu item with a different shortcut (e.g., for the Mac) are
3457 still translated.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +020034588 Add menu separators for Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034598 Add way to specify the file filter for the browse dialog. At least for
3460 browse().
34618 Add dialog for search/replace to other GUIs? Tk has something for this,
3462 use that code? Or use console dialog.
34638 When selecting a font with the font dialog and the font is invalid, the
3464 error message disappears too quick.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000034657 More features in the find/replace dialog:
3466 - regexp on/off
3467 - search in selection/buffer/all buffers/directory
3468 when all buffers/directory is used:
3469 - filter for file name
3470 when directory is used:
3471 - subdirectory on/off
3472 - top directory browser
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034738 gui_check_colors() is not called at the right moment. Do it much later,
3474 to avoid problems.
34758 gui_update_cursor() is called for a cursor shape change, even when there
3476 are mappings to be processed. Only do something when going to wait for
3477 input. Or maybe every 100 ms?
34788 X11: When the window size is reduced to fit on screen, there are blank
3479 lines below the text and bottom scrollbar. "gvim -geometry 80x78+0+0".
3480 When the "+0+0" is omitted it works.
34818 When starting an external command, and 'guipty' set, BS and DEL are mixed
3482 up. Set erase character somehow?
34838 A dead circumflex followed by a space should give the '^' character
3484 (Rommel). Look how xterm does this.
3485 Also: Bednar has some code for dead key handling.
3486 Also: Nedit 5.0.2 with USE_XMIM does it right. (Gaya)
34878 The compose key doesn't work properly (Cepas). Both for Win32 and X11.
34887 The cursor in an inactive window should be hollow. Currently it's not
3489 visible.
34907 GUI on Solaris 2.5.1, using /usr/dt/..: When gvim starts, cursor is
3491 hollow, after window lowered/raised it's OK. (Godfrey)
34927 When starting GUI with ":gui", and window is made smaller because it
3493 doesn't fit on the screen, there is an extra redraw.
34948 When setting font with .Xdefaults, there is an extra empty line at the
3495 bottom, which disappears when using ":set guifont=<Tab>". (Chadzelek)
34968 When font shape changes, but not the size, doing ":set font=" does not
3497 redraw the screen with the new font. Also for Win32.
3498 When the size changes, on Solaris 2.5 there isn't a redraw for the
3499 remaining part of the window (Phillipps).
3500- Flashes really badly in certain cases when running remotely from a Sun.
35014 Re-write the code so that the highlighting isn't changed multiple times
3502 when doing a ":hi clear". The color changes happen three or more times
3503 currently. This is very obvious on a 66Mhz 486.
3504
3505
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01003506Win32 console:
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000035078 Should $USERPROFILE be preferred above $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH? No, but it's
3508 a good fallback, thus use:
3509 $HOME
3510 $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH
3511 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE);
3512 $USERPROFILE
3513 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, FALSE);
3514 $ALLUSERSPROFILE
3515 $SYSTEMDRIVE\
3516 C:\
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035178 Win32 console: <M-Up> and <M-Down> don't work. (Geddes) We don't have
3518 special keys for these. Should use modifier + key.
35198 Win32 console: caps-lock makes non-alpha keys work like with shift.
3520 Should work like in the GUI version.
35218 Environment variables in DOS are not case sensitive. Make a define for
3522 STRCMP_ENV(), and use it when comparing environment var names.
35238 Setting 'shellslash' has no immediate effect. Change all file names when
3524 it is set/reset? Or only use it when actually executing a shell command?
35258 When editing a file on a Samba server, case might matter. ":e file"
3526 followed by ":e FILE" will edit "file" again, even though "FILE" might be
3527 another one. Set last used name in buflist_new()? Fix do_ecmd(), etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035288 When a buffer is editing a file like "ftp://mach/file", which is not going
3529 to be used like a normal file name, don't change the slashes to
3530 backslashes. (Ronald Hoellwarth)
3531
3532
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003533Win32 console:
35349 When editing a file by its short file name, it should be expanded into its
3535 long file name, to avoid problems like these: (Mccollister)
3536 1) Create a file called ".bashrc" using some other editor.
3537 2) Drag that file onto a shortcut or the actual executable.
3538 3) Note that the file name is something like BASHRC~1
3539 4) Go to File->Save As menu item and type ".bashrc" as the file name.
3540 5) Press "Yes" to indicate that I want to overwrite the file.
3541 6) Note that the message "File exists (add ! to override)" is displayed
3542 and the file is not saved.
3543 Use FindFirstFile() to expand a file name and directory in the path to its
3544 long name.
35458 Also implement 'conskey' option for the Win32 console version? Look at
3546 how Xvi does console I/O under Windows NT.
35477 Re-install the use of $TERM and support the use of different terminals,
3548 besides the console.
35498 Use of <altgr> modifier doesn't work? 5.3 was OK. (Garcia-Suarez/Guckes)
35509 Mapping <C-S-Tab> doesn't work correctly. How to see the difference with
3551 <C-S-i>?
35529 tmpnam() uses file in root of file system: "\asdf". That doesn't work on
3553 a Netware network drive. Use same function as for Win32 GUI?
35548 In os_win32.h, HAVE_STRICMP and HAVE_STRNICMP are defined only if __GNUC__
3555 is not defined. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003556
3557
3558Amiga:
35598 In mch_inchar() should use convert_input_safe() to handle incomplete byte
3560 sequences.
35619 In mch_expandpath() a "*" is to be expanded, but "\*" isn't. Remove
3562 backslashes in result.
35638 Executing a shell, only one option for 'shell' is separated. Should do
3564 all options, using white space separation.
3565
3566
3567Macintosh:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003568- GUI: gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035697 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
3570 Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
3571 (Jack)
3572 dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000035738 inputdialog() doesn't resize when giving more text lines. (David Fishburn,
3574 2006 Sept 28)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035758 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
35768 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
35779 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
3578 a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035799 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003580
3581
3582"Small" problems:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003583- Can't disable terminal flow control, to enable the use of CTRL-S and
3584 CTRL-Q. Add an option for it?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003585- When using e_secure in do_one_cmd() mention the command being executed,
3586 otherwise it's not clear where it comes from.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003587- When the quickfix window is open and executing ":echo 'hello'" using the
3588 Command-line window, the text is immediately removed by the redrawing.
3589 (Michael Henry, 2008 Nov 1)
3590 Generic solution: When redrawing while there is a message on the
3591 cmdline, don't erase the display but draw over the existing text.
3592 Other solution, redraw after closing the cmdline window, before executing
3593 the command.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +000035949 For Turkish vim_tolower() and vim_toupper() also need to use utf_
3595 functions for characters below 0x80. (Sertacyildiz)
Bram Moolenaarc93b83a2006-04-29 22:02:36 +000035969 When the last edited file is a help file, using '0 in a new Vim doesn't
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003597 edit the file as a help file. 'filetype' is OK, but 'iskeyword' isn't,
3598 file isn't readonly, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035998 When an ":edit" is inside a try command and the ATTENTION prompt is used,
3600 the :catch commands are always executed, also when the file is edited
3601 normally. Should reset did_emsg and undo side effects. Also make sure
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +00003602 the ATTENTION message shows up. Servatius Brandt works on this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036037 Vimtutor leaves escape sequence in terminal. This is the xterm response to
3604 requesting the version number. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
36058 When redirecting and using ":silent" the current column for displaying and
3606 redirection can be different. Use a separate variable to hold the column
3607 for redirection.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036087 The messages for "vim --help" and "vim --version" don't use
3609 'termencoding'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003610- Could the hit-enter prompt be avoided when a message only overlaps the
3611 'showcmd' area? Clear that area when the next cmd is typed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036128 When 'scrollbind' is set, a window won't scroll horizontally if the cursor
3613 line is too short. Add a word in 'scrollopt' to allow moving the cursor
3614 to longer line that is visible. A similar thing is done for the GUI when
3615 using the horizontal scrollbar.
36167 VisVim can only open one file. Hard to solve: each opened file is passed
3617 with a separate invocation, would need to use timestamps to know the
3618 invocations belong together.
36198 When giving a ":bwipeout" command a file-changed dialog may popup for this
3620 buffer, which is pointless. (Mike Williams)
36218 On MS-Windows ":make" doesn't show output while it is working. Use the
3622 tee.exe from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ? About 16 Kbyte in the
3623 UnxUtils.zip archive.
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01003624 Is it better than what we have in src/tee?
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000036258 When doing Insert mode completion a mapping cannot recursively call
3626 edit(), because the completion information is global. Put everything in
3627 an allocated structure?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036288 Command line completion: buffers "foo.txt" and "../b/foo.txt", completing
3629 ":buf foo<Tab>" doesn't find the second one. (George V. Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036307 mb_off2cells() doesn't work correctly on the tail byte of a double-byte
3631 character. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) It should return 1 when used on a tail
3632 byte, like for utf-8. Store second byte of double-byte in ScreenLines2[]
3633 (like for DBCS_JPNU) and put a zero in the second byte (like for UTF-8).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036347 Inside a function with "perl <<EOF" a line with "$i++" is recognized as an
3635 ":insert" command, causing the following "endfunction" not to be found.
3636 Add skipping this perl construction inside function definitions.
36377 When 'ttimeoutlen' is 10 and 'timeoutlen' is 1000, there is a keycode
3638 "<Esc>a" and a mapping <Esc>x", when typing "<Esc>a" with half a second
3639 delay should not be interpreted as a keycode. (Hans Ginzel)
36407 ":botright 1 new" twice causes all window heights to be changed. Make the
3641 bottom window only bigger as much as needed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036427 The Cygwin and MingW makefiles define "PC", but it's not used anywhere.
3643 Remove? (Dan Sharp)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036449 User commands use the context of the script they were defined in. This
3645 causes a "s:var" argument to unexpectedly use a variable in the defining
3646 script, not the calling script. Add an argument to ":command":
3647 "-keepcontext". Do replace <SID>, so that a function in the defining
3648 script can be called.
36498 The Japanese message translations for MS-Windows are called ja.sjis.po,
3650 but they use encoding cp932. Rename the file and check that it still
3651 works.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036528 A very long message in confirm() can't be quit. Make this possible with
3653 CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000036548 "gf" always excludes trailing punctuation characters. file_name_in_line()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003655 is currently fixed to use ".,:;!". Add an option to make this
3656 configurable?
36578 'hkmap' should probably be global-local.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036588 Using ":s" in a function changes the previous replacement string. Save
3659 "old_sub" in save_search_patterns()?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000036608 Should allow multi-byte characters for the delimiter: ":s+a+b+" where "+"
3661 is a multi-byte character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036628 When appending to a file and 'patchmode' isn't empty, a backup file is
3663 always written, even when the original file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036649 When getting focus while writing a large file, could warn for this file
3665 being changed outside of Vim. Avoid checking this while the file is being
3666 written.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036677 The message in bt_dontwrite_msg() could be clearer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036688 The script ID that is stored with an option and displayed with ":verbose
3669 set" isn't reset when the option is set internally. For example when
3670 'foldlevel' is set from 'foldlevelstart'.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +000036718 Also store the line number with the script ID and use it for ":verbose",
3672 so that "set nocompatible" is found when it changes other option values.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003673 When an option is set indirectly mention the command? E.g. when
3674 ":diffsplit" sets 'foldmethod'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036758 In the fileformat dialog, "Cancel" isn't translated. Add a global
3676 variable for this. (Eduardo Fernandez)
36779 When editing a file with 'readonly' set, there is no check for an existing
3678 swap file. Then using ":write" (without making any changes) doesn't give
3679 a warning either. Should check for an existing swap file without creating
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003680 one. Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 July 14.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036817 When 'showbreak' is set, the amount of space a Tab occupies changes.
3682 Should work like 'showbreak' is inserted without changing the Tabs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036837 When 'mousefocus' is set and switching to another window with a typed
3684 command, the mouse pointer may be moved to a part of the window that's
3685 covered by another window and we lose focus. Only move in the y
3686 direction, not horizontally?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036878 ":hardcopy":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003688 - Using the cterm_color[] table is wrong when t_colors is > 16.
3689 - Need to handle unprintable characters.
3690 - Win32: On a B&W printer syntax highlighting isn't visible. Perform
3691 dithering to make grey text?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003692 - Add a flag in 'printoptions' to add an empty page to make the total
3693 number even. "addempty"? (Mike Williams)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +00003694 - Respect 'linebreak'. Perhaps also 'showbreak'?
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02003695 - Should interpret CTRL-L as a page break.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003696 - Grey line numbers are not always readable. Add field in 'printoptions'.
3697 Default to black when no syntax highlighting.
3698 - Be able to print a window in diff mode.
3699 - Be able to specify a colorscheme to use for printing. And a separate
3700 one for B&W printing (if that can be detected).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037018 When 'virtualedit' is "block,insert" and encoding is "utf-8", selecting a
3702 block of one double-wide character, then "d" deletes only half of it.
37038 When 'virtualedit' is set, should "I" in blockwise visual mode also insert
3704 in lines that don't extend into the block?
37058 With 'virtualedit' set, in Insert mode just after the end of line, CTRL-O
3706 yh does not yank the last character of the line. (Pavel Papushev)
3707 Doing "hl" first appears to make it work.
37088 With 'virtualedit' set it's possible to move into the blank area from
3709 'linebreak'.
37108 With 'virtualedit' set and 'selection' "exclusive", a Visual selection
3711 that ends in or after a tab, "d" doesn't delete (part of) the tab.
3712 (Helmut Stiegler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037139 When jumping to a tag, the search pattern is put in the history. When
3714 'magic' is on, the pattern may not work. Translate the pattern depending
3715 on p_magic when putting it in the history? Alternative: Store value of
3716 'magic' in history. (Margo)
37179 optwin.vim: Restoring a mapping for <Space> or <CR> is not correct for
3718 ":noremap". Add "mapcmd({string}, {mode})? Use code from ":mkexrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037199 term_console is used before it is set (msdos, Amiga).
37209 Get out-of-memory for ":g/^/,$s//@/" on 1000 lines, this is not handled
3721 correctly. Get many error messages while redrawing the screen, which
3722 cause another redraw, etc.
37238 [<C-I> doesn't work when '*' is in 'iskeyword'. find_pattern_in_path()
3724 must escape special characters in the pattern.
37258 Vim can overwrite a read-only file with ":w!". ":w" can't overwrite an
3726 existing file, "w!" can, but perhaps not a read-only file? Then use
3727 ":w!!" for that.
3728 Or ask for permission to overwrite it (if file can be made writable) and
3729 restore file to readonly afterwards.
Bram Moolenaar04a09c12005-08-01 22:02:32 +00003730 Overwriting a file for which a swap file exists is similar issue.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037317 When compiled with "xterm_clipboard", startup can be slower and might get
3732 error message for invalid $DISPLAY. Try connecting to the X server in the
3733 background (forked), so that Vim starts up quicker? Connect as soon as
3734 the clipboard is to be used (Visual select mode starts, paste from
3735 clipboard)
37367 X11: Some people prefer to use CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY for the normal
3737 selection. Add an "xclipboard" argument to the 'clipboard' option? (Mark
3738 Waggoner)
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +000037396 When the xterm reports the number of colors, a redraw occurs. This is
3740 annoying on a slow connection. Wait for the xterm to report the number of
3741 colors before drawing the screen. With a timeout.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037428 When the builtin xterm termcap contains codes that are not wanted, need a
3743 way to avoid using the builtin termcap.
37448 Xterm sends ^[[H for <Home> and ^[[F for <End> in some mode. Also
3745 recognize these keys? Mostly useful for xterm simulators, like gnometerm.
3746 See http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_pc_style.
37478 '[ and '] should be set to start/end of line when using a linewise operator
3748 (e.g., ":w").
37498 CTRL-A can't handle big "long" numbers, they become negative. Check for
3750 "-" character, if not present, use unsigned long.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037518 Add suspending with CTRL-Z at the "more" prompt, and when executing a long
3752 script in do_cmdline().
37538 When using 'hidden', many swap files will be open. When Vim runs into the
3754 maximum number of open files, error messages will appear. Detect that
3755 this problem is present, and close any hidden files that don't have
3756 changes.
37578 With 'viminfo' set such that the ".viminfo" file is written on a FAT
3758 filesystem, an illegal file name may be created: ".vim".
37598 For each buffer that is opened, the viminfo file is opened and read to
3760 check for file marks. This can be slow.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037618 Core dump within signal function: gdb doesn't show stack backtrace! Option
3762 to skip catch_signals()?
37639 Repeating a "cw" with "." doesn't work if the text was pasted from the
3764 clipboard. (Thomas Jones) It's because the menu/toolbar item exits Insert
3765 mode and uses "gP". How to fix this without breaking inserting a block of
3766 text?
37678 In Replace mode pasting from the clipboard (using menu or toolbar) inserts
3768 all the text. Add ":rmenu"?
37698 Pasting with the mouse in Replace mode inserts the text, instead of
3770 overwriting, when it is more than one line. Same for using <C-R>.
37719 CTRL-E and CTRL-Y don't work in small window when 'so' is 4 and lines are
3772 wrapping (Acevedo/in.226). E.g., when using CTRL-E, window height 7,
3773 window might actually scroll down when last line of buffer is displayed.
3774 --> Remember if the previous command was "cursor follows screen" or
3775 "screen follow cursor" and use this in cursupdate().
37767 tilde_replace() can only handle "~/", should also do "~user/".
3777 Get the list of home directories (from /etc/passwd? Use getpwent()) and
3778 use some clever algorithm to match a path with that. Find common strings
3779 in the list?
37808 When dragging status line with mouse, sometimes a jump when first clicking
3781 on the status line (caused by 'winheight'). Select window on button up,
3782 instead of on button down.
37838 Dragging the status line doesn't scroll but redraw.
37849 Evaluating 'statusline' in build_stl_str_hl() does not properly check for
3785 reaching the end of the available buffer.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003786 Patch to dynamically allocate the buffer for % items. (Eric Arnold, 2006
3787 May 14)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037888 When performing incremental search, should abort searching as soon as a
3789 character is typed.
37908 When the value of $MAKE contains a path, configure can't handle this.
3791 It's an autoconf bug. Remove the path from $MAKE to work around it.
37928 How to set VIMRC_FILE to \"something\" for configure? Why does this not
3793 work: CFLAGS='-DVIMRC_FILE=\"/mydir/myfile\"' ./configure
37948 The temporary file is sometimes not writable. Check for this, and use an
3795 alternate name when it isn't. Or add the 'temptemplate' option: template
3796 for the temp file name ":set temptemplate=/usr/tmp/?????.tmp".
3797 Also: Win32 version uses Windows temp directory, which might not work for
3798 cygwin bash.
37997 Get error "*, \+ or \( operand could be empty" for pattern "\(.\)\1\{3}".
3800 Remember flags for backreferences.
38017 When switching to Daylight Saving Time, Vim complains that a file has been
3802 changed since last read. Can we use a function that uses GMT?
38037 When completing an environment variable after a '$', check for file names
3804 that contain a '$' after all have been found.
38058 When "cm" termcap entry is missing, starting gvim shouldn't complain about
3806 it. (Lohner) Try out with "vt100" entry, cm replaced with cX.
38077 When an include file starts with "../", the check for already visiting
3808 this file doesn't work. Need to simplify the file name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038097 The names and comments for the arguments of do_browse() are confusing.
3810 "dflt" isn't the default file name when "initdir" is not NULL and
3811 "initdir" is the default path to be used.
38127 When 'scrolloff' is exactly half the window height, "j" causes a scroll of
3813 two lines at a time. "k" doesn't do this. (Cory T. Echols)
38148 When write_viminfo() is used while there are many orphaned viminfo
3815 tempfiles writing the viminfo file fails. Give a clear error message so
3816 that the user knows he has to delete the files.
38177 It's possible to redefine a script-local function with ":func
3818 <SNR>123_Test()". (Krishna) Disallow this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003819
3820
3821I can't reproduce these (if you can, let me know how!):
38229 NT 4.0 on NTFS file system: Editing ".bashrc" (drag and drop), file
3823 disappears. Editing ".xyz" is OK. Also, drag&drop only works for three
3824 files. (McCollister)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003825
3826
3827Problems that will (probably) not be solved:
Bram Moolenaara93fa7e2006-04-17 22:14:47 +00003828- GTK: when using the popup menu with spelling suggestions and releasing the
3829 right mouse button before the menu appears selecting an item with the
3830 right mouse button has no effect. GTK does not produce an event for this.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003831- GTK 2: Cannot use the file selector. When using it many things become
3832 slow. This is caused by some code in GTK that writes
3833 ~/.recently-used.xbel every time an event is handled. It assumes the main
3834 loop is never quit, which is a wrong assumption. Also, it overwrites the
3835 file with different file permissions, which is a privacy issue. This
3836 needs to be fixed in GTK. A solution in Vim would be really complicated.
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02003837 (2008 Jul 31) This appears to be fixed in Vim 7.3.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003838- xterm title: The following scenario may occur (esp. when running the Vim
3839 test script): Vim 1 sets the title to "file1", then restores the title to
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00003840 "xterm" with an ESC sequence when exiting. Vim 2 obtains the old title
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003841 with an X library call, this may result in "file1", because the window
3842 manager hasn't processed the "xterm" title yet. Can apparently only be
3843 worked around with a delay.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003844- In a terminal with 'mouse' set such that the mouse is active when entering
3845 a command line, after executing a shell command that scrolls up the
3846 display and then pressing ":": Selecting text with the mouse works like
3847 the display wasn't scrolled. Vim doesn't know how much the external
3848 command scrolled up the display. Use Shift to select text.
3849- X windows: When $DISPLAY points to a X server where there is no access
3850 permission, trying to connect to the X server causes an error message.
3851 XtOpenDisplay() prints this directly, there is no way to avoid it.
3852- X windows: Setting 'guifontset' to an illegal value sometimes crashes Vim.
3853 This is caused by a fault in a X library function, can't be solved in Vim.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003854- Win32 tcl: has("tcl") hangs when the tcl84.dll is from cygwin.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003855- Motif: When adding a menu item "Find this &Symbol", the "s" in "this" will
3856 be underlined, instead of in "Symbol". Motif doesn't let us specify which
3857 character gets the highlighting.
3858- Moving the cursor removes color in color-xterm. This is a color-xterm
3859 problem! color-xterm ver. 6.1 beta 3 and later work properly.
3860- In zsh, "gvim&" changes the terminal settings. This is a zsh problem.
3861 (Jennings)
3862- Problem with HPterm under X: old contents of window is lost (Cosentino).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003863- Amiga: The ":cq" command does not always abort the Manx compiler. Why?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003864- Linux: A file with protection r--rw-rw- is seen readonly for others. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003865 access() function in GNU libc is probably wrong.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003866- When doing a CTRL-Z and typing a command for the shell, while Vim is busy
3867 (e.g. writing a file), the command for the shell is sometimes eaten by Vim,
3868 because the terminal mode is changed from RAW to CBREAK.
3869- An old version of GNU tgoto can't handle the terminfo code for "AF". The
3870 "%p1" is interpreted as "%p" and "1", causing color not to be working.
3871 Fix: Change the "%p1" in the "AF" and "AB" terminfo entries to "%p".
3872 (Benzinger).
3873- When running an external command from the GUI, typeahead is going to that
3874 program, not to Vim. It looks like the shell eats the characters, Vim
3875 can't get back what the external command didn't use.
3876- Win32 GUI: Error code from external command not returned in shell_error.
3877 It appears that cmd.exe and command.com don't return an error code.
3878- Win32 GUI: The Toolbar is a bit too high when the flat style is being
3879 used. We don't have control over the height of the Toolbar.
3880- Win32: All files created on the day of switching from winter to summer
3881 time cause "changed since editing started" messages. It goes away when
3882 the file is written again the next day, or the timezone is adjusted.
3883 DJGPP version is OK. (Zaimi) Looks like a problem with the Win32 library.
3884 Rebooting doesn't help. Time stamps look OK in directory. (Penn)
3885 Is this on FAT (stores wall clock time) or NTFS (stores UTS)?
3886- Win32, MS-Windows XP: $HOME uses the wrong drive when the user profiles
3887 are not on the boot disk. This is caused by a wrong value of $HOMEDRIVE.
3888 This is a bug in XP, see MSKB article 818134.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01003889- Win32, MS-Windows: expanding plugin/**/*.vim also picks up
3890 dir/ctags.vim,v. This is because the short file name is something like
3891 "ctags~1.vim" and that matches the pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003892- SunOS 5.5.1 with Motif: The file open dialog does not have a horizontal
3893 scroll bar for the "files" selection. This is a problem in the Motif
3894 libraries, get a patch from Sun.
3895- Solaris 2.6 with GTK and Perl: gvim crashes when started. Problem with X
3896 input method called from GDK code. Without Perl it doesn't crash.
3897- VMS: Vimdiff doesn't work with the VMS diff, because the output looks
3898 different. This makes test 47 fail. Install a Unix-compatible diff.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003899- Win32 GUI: mouse wheel always scrolls rightmost window. The events arrive
3900 in Vim as if the rightmost scrollbar was used.
3901- GTK with Gnome: Produces an error message when starting up:
3902 Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
3903 This is caused by the gnome library gnome_init() setting $LC_CTYPE to
3904 "en_US". Not all systems support this locale name, thus causing the
3905 error. Hopefully a newer version of GTK/Gnome fixes this problem.
3906- GTK 2: With this mapping the hit-enter prompt is _sometimes_ below the
3907 screen, at other times there is a grey area below the command line:
3908 :nmap <F11> :if &guioptions=~'m' \| set guioptions-=m \| else \| set guioptions+=m \| endif<cr>
3909- GTK: When pasting a selection from Vim to xclipboard gvim crashes with a
3910 ABRT signal. Probably an error in the file gdkselection.c, the assert
3911 always fails when XmbTextListToTextProperty() fails. (Tom Allard)
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003912- GTK 2: gives an assertion error for every non-builtin icon in the toolbar.
3913 This is a GTK 2.4.x bug, fixed in GTK 2.4.2. (Thomas de Grenier de Latour)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003914- When using an xterm that supports the termresponse feature, and the 't_Co'
3915 termcap option was wrong when Vim started, it will be corrected when the
3916 termresponse is received. Since the number of colors changes, the
3917 highlighting needs to be initialized again. This may cause colors defined
3918 in the vimrc file to be lost.
3919- On Windows NT 4.0 the number of files passed to Vim with drag&drop and
3920 "Edit with Vim" is limited. The maximum command line length is 255 chars.
3921
3922--------------------- extensions and improvements ----------------------
3923 *extensions-improvements*
3924
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003925Most interesting new features to be added when all bugs have been fixed:
3926- Using ":exe edit fname" has escaping problems. Use ":edit ++(fname)".
3927 Thus use "++=" to give arguments as expressions, comma separated as if
3928 calling a function.
3929 With options: ":edit ++(['!', '++enc=abc'], ['+/pat'], fname)".
3930 Alternative: Make a function for Ex commands: cmd_edit().
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003931- Add COLUMN NUMBERS to ":" commands ":line1,line2[col1,col2]cmd". Block
3932 can be selected with CTRL-V. Allow '$' (end of line) for col2.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +01003933 (issue #3292)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003934- ECLIPSE plugin. Problem is: the interface is very complicated. Need to
3935 implement part in Java and then connect to Vim. Some hints from Alexandru
3936 Roman, 2004 Dec 15. Should then also work with Oracle Jdeveloper, see JSR
3937 198 standard http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=198.
3938 Eclim does it: http://eclim.sourceforge.net/ (Eric Van Dewoestine)
3939 Plugin that uses a terminal emulator: http://vimplugin.sf.net
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003940 And another one: http://www.satokar.com/viplugin/index.php
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003941- STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is.
3942 Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command
3943 scrolls back to where the cursor is.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003944- Scroll commands by screen line. g CTRL-E and g CTRL-Y ? Requires the
3945 first line to be able to start halfway.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000039468 Add a command to jump to a certain kind of tag. Allow the user to specify
3947 values for the optional fields. E.g., ":tag size type=m".
3948 Also allow specifying the file and command, so that the result of
3949 taglist() can be used.
Bram Moolenaar27dc1952006-03-15 23:06:44 +00003950- X11: Make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program.
3951 This can be done with XReparentWindow(). But how exactly?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003952
3953
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003954Documentation:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000039558 List of Vim runtime directories. dotvim.txt from Charles Campbell, 2007
3956 Feb 20.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000039578 The GUI help should explain the Find and Find/Replace dialogs. Add a link
3958 to it from ":promptrepl" and ":promptfind".
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000039598 List of options should mention whether environment variables are expanded
3960 or not.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039618 Extend usr_27.txt a bit. (Adam Seyfarth)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039629 Make the Reference Manual more precise. For each command mention:
3963 - change to cursor position and curswant
3964 - if it can be undone (u/CTRL-R) and redone (.)
3965 - how it works for folded lines
3966 - how it works with multi-byte characters
39679 In change.txt, remark about Javadoc isn't right. Right alignment would
3968 work too.
39698 Spread the windows commands over the other files. For example, ":stag"
3970 should be with ":tag". Cross-link with tags to avoid too much double
3971 text.
39728 Add tags for all features, e.g. "gui_running".
39737 MS-Windows: When a wrong command is typed with an ALT key, give a hint to
3974 look at the help for 'winaltkeys'.
39757 Add a help.vim plugin that maps <Tab> to jump to the next tag in || and
3976 <C-Tab> (and <S-Tab>) to the previous tag.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003977 Patch by Balazs Kezes, 2007 Dec 30. Remark from A. Politz.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003978- Check text editor compendium for vi and Vim remarks.
3979
3980
3981Help:
3982- First try using the ":help" argument literally, before using it as a
3983 pattern. And then match it as part of a tag.
3984- When a help item has multiple matches make it possible to use ":tn" to go
3985 to the other matches.
3986- Support a way to view (and edit) .info files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003987- Implement a "sticky" help window, some help text lines that are always
3988 displayed in a window with fixed height. (Guckes) Use "~/.vimhelp" file,
3989 user can edit it to insert his favorite commands, new account can contain a
3990 default contents.
3991- Make 'winminheight' a local option, so that the user can set a minimal
3992 height for the help window (and other windows).
3993- ":help :s^I" should expand to ":help :substitute".
3994- Make the help key (<F1>) context sensitive?
3995- Learn mode: show short help while typing commands.
3996
3997
3998User Friendlier:
39998 Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
4000 links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
4001 Briscoe)
40028 Windows install: Be able to associate Vim with a selection of file types?
40038 Windows uninstall: Have uninstal.c delete the vimfiles directories that
4004 dosinst.c creates. List the contents of the directory (recursively) if
4005 the user asks for it. Requires an implementation of "rm -rf".
40068 Remember the name of the vimrc file that was used (~/.vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc,
4007 $HOME/_vimrc, etc.) and add "edit vimrc" to the File menu.
4008- Add a way to save local settings and mappings into a new plugin file.
4009 ":mkplugin <file>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004010- Add mappings local to a window: ":map <window> ..."?
40119 Add buffer-local menu. Should offer a choice between removing the menu or
4012 disabling it. Be careful that tear-offs don't disappear (keep one empty
4013 item?).
4014 Alternative: use BufEnter and BufLeave autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040158 make a vimtutor script for Amiga and other systems.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +000040167 When Vim detects a file is being edited elsewhere and it's a gvim session
4017 of the same user it should offer a "Raise" button, so that the other gvim
4018 window can be displayed. (Eduard)
Bram Moolenaar33aec762006-01-22 23:30:12 +000040198 Support saving and restoring session for X windows? It should work to do
4020 ":mksession" and use "-S fname" for the restart command. The
4021 gui_x11_wm_protocol_handler() already takes care of the rest.
4022 global_event_filter() for GTK.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004023
4024
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +00004025Tab pages:
40269 GUI implementation for the tab pages line for other systems.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000040277 GUI: Control over the appearance of the text in the labels (bold, color,
4028 font, etc.)
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000040298 Make GUI menu in tab pages line configurable. Like the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaarfc1421e2006-04-20 22:17:20 +000040308 balloons for the tab page labels that are shortened to show the full path.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000040317 :tabdup duplicate the tab with all its windows.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000040327 Option to put tab line at the left or right? Need an option to specify
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00004033 its width. It's like a separate window with ":tabs" output.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000040348 Add local options for each tab page? E.g., 'diffopt' could differ between
4035 tab pages.
40367 Add local highlighting for each tab page?
4037
4038
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00004039Spell checking:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004040- Support more regions? Caolan McNamara argues it's needed for es_XX.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01004041 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219777
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004042- Unicode defines another quote character: 0x2019. Use it as an equivalent
4043 of a single quote, thus use it as a word character like a quote and match
4044 with words, replacing the curly quote with a single quote.
4045- Could filter &eacute; things for HTML before doing spell checking.
4046 Similarly for TeX.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00004047- The Hungarian spell file uses four extra characters in the FOL/UPP/LOW
4048 items than other spell files with the ISO-8859-2 encoding, that causes
4049 problem when changing 'spelllang'. There is no obvious way to fix this.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00004050- Considering Hunspell 1.1.4:
4051 What does MAXNGRAMSUGS do?
4052 Is COMPLEXPREFIXES necessary when we have flags for affixes?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004053- Support spelling words in CamelCase as if they were two separate words.
4054 Requires some option to enable it. (Timothy Knox)
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01004055- There is no Finnish spell checking file. For openoffice Voikko is now
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004056 used, which is based on Malaga: http://home.arcor.de/bjoern-beutel/malaga/
4057 (Teemu Likonen)
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +000040588 ":mkspell" still takes much too long in Hungarian dictionary from
4059 hunspell. Only solution appears to be to postpone secondary suffixes.
40608 Handle postponed prefix with COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG or COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG.
4061 WFP_COMPPERMIT and WFP_COMPFORBID
40628 implement use of <compoptions> in .spl file:
4063 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDREP: when a compound word seems to be OK apply REP
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004064 items and check if the result is a valid word.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00004065 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDDUP
4066 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDTRIPLE
4067 Add CHECKCOMPOUNDCASE: when compounding make leading capital lower case.
4068 How is it supposed to work?
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00004069- Add a command the repeats ]s and z=, showing the misspelled word in its
4070 context. Thus to spell-check a whole file.
Bram Moolenaar261bfea2006-03-01 22:12:31 +00004071- suggestion for "KG" to "kg" when it's keepcase.
Bram Moolenaar7b89edc2006-04-06 20:21:51 +00004072- For flags on affixes: Use a "AFFCOMPSET" flag; means the compound flags of
4073 the word are not used.
Bram Moolenaardb552d602006-03-23 22:59:57 +00004074- Support breakpoint character ? 0xb7 and ignore it? Makes it possible to
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004075 use same wordlist for hyphenation.
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00004076- Compound word is accepted if nr of words is <= COMPOUNDWORDMAX OR nr of
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00004077 syllables <= COMPOUNDSYLMAX. Specify using AND in the affix file?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00004078- NEEDCOMPOUND also used for affix? Or is this called ONLYINCOMPOUND now?
4079 Or is ONLYINCOMPOUND only for inside a compound, not at start or end?
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00004080- Do we need a flag for the rule that when compounding is done the following
4081 word doesn't have a capital after a word character, even for Onecap words?
4082- New hunspell home page: http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar69e0ff92005-09-30 21:23:56 +00004083 - Version 1.1.0 is out now, look into that.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00004084 - Lots of code depends on LANG, that isn't right. Enable each mechanism
4085 in the affix file separately.
4086 - Example with compounding dash is bad, gets in the way of setting
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00004087 COMPOUNDMIN and COMPOUNDWORDMAX to a reasonable value.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00004088 - PSEUDOROOT == NEEDAFFIX
4089 - COMPOUNDROOT -> COMPOUNDED? For a word that already is a compound word
4090 Or use COMPOUNDED2, COMPOUNDED3, etc.
4091- CIRCUMFIX: when a word uses a prefix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag, then
4092 the word must also have a suffix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag. It's a
4093 bit primitive, since only one flag is used, which doesn't allow matching
4094 specific prefixes with suffixes.
4095 Alternative:
4096 PSFX {flag} {pchop} {padd} {pcond} {schop} {sadd}[/flags] {scond}
4097 We might not need this at all, you can use the NEEDAFFIX flag and the
4098 affix which is required.
4099- When a suffix has more than one syllable, it may count as a word for
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00004100 COMPOUNDWORDMAX.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00004101- Add flags to count extra syllables in a word. SYLLABLEADD1 SYLLABLEADD2,
4102 etc.? Or make it possible to specify the syllable count of a word
4103 directly, e.g., after another slash: /abc/3
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00004104- MORPHO item in affix file: ignore TAB and morphological field after
4105 word/flags and affix.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00004106- Implement multiple flags for compound words and CMP item?
4107 Await comments from other spell checking authors.
4108- Also see tklspell: http://tkltrans.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000041098 Charles Campbell asks for method to add "contained" groups to existing
4110 syntax items (to add @Spell).
4111 Add ":syntax contains {pattern} add=@Spell" command? A bit like ":syn
4112 cluster" but change the contains list directly for matching syntax items.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00004113- References: MySpell library (in OpenOffice.org).
4114 http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html
4115 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/source/browse/whiteboard/lingucomponent/source/spellcheck/myspell/
4116 author: Kevin Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca>
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000041178 It is currently not possible to mark "can not" as rare, because "can" and
4118 "not" are good words. Find a way to let "rare" overrule "good"?
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000041198 Make "en-rare" spell file? Ask Charles Campbell.
41208 The English dictionaries for different regions are not consistent in their
4121 use of words with a dash.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000041227 Insert mode completion mechanism that uses the spell word lists.
41238 Add hl groups to 'spelllang'?
4124 :set spelllang=en_us,en-rare/SpellRare,en-math/SpellMath
4125 More complicated: Regions with different languages? E.g., comments
4126 in English, strings in German (po file).
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00004127
4128
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004129Diff mode:
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +020041309 When making small changes, e.g. deleting a character, update the diff.
4131 Possibly without running diff.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +020041328 Also show difference with the file when editing started? Should show what
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00004133 can be undone. (Tom Popovich)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004134
4135Folding:
Bram Moolenaarbba577a2005-11-28 23:05:55 +00004136 (commands still available: zI zJ zK zp zP zq zQ zV zy zY;
4137 secondary: zB zS zT zZ, z=)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000041388 Vertical folds: looks like vertically split windows, but the cursor moves
4139 through the vertical separator, separator moves when scrolling.
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +020041408 Add "z/" and "z?" for searching in not folded text only. Or use a regexp
4141 item, so that it can be used in any pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041428 When a closed fold is displayed open because of 'foldminlines', the
4143 behavior of commands is still like the fold is closed. How to make the
4144 user aware of this?
41458 Add an option 'foldskip' with values like 'foldopen' that specifies which
4146 commands skip over a closed fold.
41478 "H" and "L" count buffer lines instead of window lines. (Servatius Brandt)
41488 Add a way to add fold-plugins. Johannes Zellner has one for VB.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041497 When using manual folding, the undo command should also restore folds.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00004150- Allow completely hiding a closed fold. E.g., by setting 'foldtext' to an
4151 empty string. Require showing a character in 'foldcolumn' to avoid the
4152 missing line goes unnoticed.
4153 How to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004154- When pressing the down arrow of a scrollbar, a closed fold doesn't scroll
4155 until after a long time. How to make scrolling with closed folds
4156 smoother?
4157- When creating a session, also store folds for buffers in the buffer list,
4158 using the wininfo in wi_folds.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00004159- When currently editing the first file in the argument list the session
4160 file can contain:
4161 args version.c main.c
4162 edit version.c
4163 Can editing version.c twice be avoided?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004164- 'foldmethod' "textobject": fold on sections and paragraph text objects.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00004165- "zuf": undo change in manual fold. "zUf" redo change in manual fold. How
4166 to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004167- "zJ" command: add the line or fold below the fold in the fold under the
4168 cursor.
Bram Moolenaar3517bb12006-03-03 22:58:45 +00004169- 'foldmethod' "syntax": "fold=3" argument: set fold level for a region or
4170 match.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004171- Apply a new foldlevel to a range of lines. (Steve Litt)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004172
4173Multi-byte characters:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004174- When editing a file with both utf-8 and latin1 text Vim always falls back
4175 to latin1. Add a command to convert the latin1 characters to utf-8?
4176 :unmix utf-8,latin1 filename
4177 Would only work when 'encoding' is utf-8.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041789 When the tail byte of a double-byte character is illegal (e.g., a CR), the
4179 display is messed up (Yasuhiro Matsumoto). Should check for illegal
4180 double-byte characters and display them differently (display each single
4181 byte).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020041829 'fenc' in modeline problem: add option to reload the file when 'fenc' is
4183 set to a different value in a modeline? Option can be default on. Could
4184 it be done with an autocommand?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041858 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first lines of a file for
4186 the encoding. See Python PEP: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html.
4187 To avoid getting a wrong encoding only accept something Emacs-like:
4188 "-*- coding: enc-na_me.foo -*-" and "-*- coding= enc-na_me.foo -*-"
4189 Match with "-\*-\s*coding[:=]\s*\([::word::-_.]\+\)\s*-\*-" and use first
4190 item.
41918 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first line of an XML file for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004192 the encoding. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Or "charset=UTF-8"?
4193 For HTML look for "charset=utf-8".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041948 When a file was converted from 'fileencoding' to 'encoding', a tag search
4195 should also do this on the search pattern. (Andrzej M. Ostruszka)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000041968 When filtering changes the encoding 'fileencoding' may not work. E.g.,
4197 when using xxd and 'fileencoding' is "utf-16". Add an option to set a
4198 different fileencoding for filter output?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041997 When converting a file fails, mention which byte could not be converted,
4200 so that the user can fix the problem.
42018 Add configure option to be able to disable using the iconv library. (Udo
4202 Schweigert)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042039 'aleph' should be set to 1488 for Unicode. (Zvi Har'El)
42048 Should add test for using various commands with multi-byte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042058 'infercase' doesn't work with multi-byte characters.
42068 toupper() function doesn't handle byte count changes.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000042077 Searching and composing characters:
4208 When searching, should order of composing characters be ignored?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004209 Add a special item to match with a composing character, so that composing
4210 characters can be manipulated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042118 Should implement 'delcombine' for command line editing.
42128 Detect overlong UTF-8 sequences and handle them like illegal bytes.
42138 ":s/x/\u\1/" doesn't work, making uppercase isn't done for multi-byte
4214 characters.
42158 UTF-8: "r" in Visual mode doesn't take composing characters.
42168 UTF-8: When there is a precomposed character in the font, use it instead
4217 of a character and a composing character. See xterm for an example.
42187 When a character can't be displayed, display its digraph instead.
4219 'display' option to specify this.
42207 Use ideas for nl_langinfo() from Markus Kuhn in enc_default():
4221 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c)
4222- GTK and Win32: Allow selecting fonts for 'guifontset' with the
4223 fontselector somehow.
4224- GTK and Win32: make it possible to set the font for the menu to make it
4225 possible to have 'encoding' different from the current locale.
4226- dbcs_class() only works for Japanese and Korean. Implement this for
4227 other encodings. The "euc-jp" and "euc-kr" choices might be wrong.
4228- Find some way to automatically select the right GUI font or fontset,
4229 depending on the default value of 'encoding'.
4230 Irrelevant in the GTK+ 2 GUI so long as UTF-8 is used.
4231 For Windows, the charset_pairs[] table could be used. But how do we know
4232 if a font exists?
4233- Do keyboard conversion from 'termencoding' to 'encoding' with
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004234 convert_input() for Mac GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004235- Add mnemonics from RFC1345 longer than two characters.
4236 Support CTRL-K _{mnemonic}_
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00004237- Make 'breakat' accept multi-byte characters. Problem: can't use a lookup
4238 table anymore (breakat_flags[]).
4239 Simplistic solution: when 'formatoptions' contains "m" also break a line
4240 at a multi-byte character >= 0x100.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004241- Add the possibility to enter mappings which are used whenever normal text
4242 could be entered. E.g., for "f" command. But not in Normal mode. Sort
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02004243 of opposite of 'langmap'. Use ":amap" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004244- When breaking a line, take properties of multi-byte characters into
4245 account. The "linebreak" program from Bruno Haible can do it:
4246 ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/linebreak-0.1.tar.gz
4247 But it's very complicated...
4248
4249
4250Printing:
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000042517 Implement "undercurl" for printing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004252- Add "page width" to wrap long lines.
4253- Win32: use a font dialog for setting 'printfont'. Can reuse the code for
4254 the 'guifont' dialog, put the common code in a separate function.
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +00004255- Add the file timestamp to the page header (with an option). (George
4256 Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004257- Win32: when 'printfont' is empty use 'guifont'.
4258- Unix: Use some dialog box to do the obvious settings (paper size, printer
4259 name, portrait/landscape, etc).
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004260- PostScript: Only works for text that can be converted to an 8-bit
4261 character set. How to support Unicode fully?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004262- Allow specifying the paper size, instead of using a standard size. Same
4263 units as for the margins.
4264- Support right-to-left text?
42658 Make the foreground color darkening function preserve the hue of the
4266 color.
4267
4268
4269Syntax highlighting:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042708 Make ":syn off" use 'runtimepath' instead of $VIMRUNTIME. (Gary Johnson)
4271 Should do the same for ":syn on" and ":syn manual".
42728 Support "containedin" argument for ":syn include", so that the defined
4273 cluster can be added to existing syntax items.
42748 C syntax: Don't highlight {} as errors inside () when used like this:
4275 "({ something })", often used in GCC code.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +000042767 Add a "startgroup" to a region. Used like "nextgroup" inside the region,
4277 preferred item at the start of the region. (Charles Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042788 When editing a new file without a name and giving it a name (by writing
4279 it) and 'filetype' is not set, detect the filetype. Avoid doing it for
4280 ":wq file".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000042817 For "nextgroup" we have skipwhite, skipnl and skipempty. It would be
4282 really nice to be able to skip with a pattern. Or skip with a syntax
4283 group. (Nikolai Weibull, 2007 Feb 27)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042848 Make conversion to HTML faster (Write it in C or pre-compile the script).
42859 There is still a redraw bug somewhere. Probably because a cached state is
4286 used in a wrong way. I can't reproduce it...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042877 Be able to change only the background highlighting. Useful for Diff* and
4288 Search highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar17be7e62006-03-12 22:13:45 +000042897 When 'number' is set highlight the number of the current line.
4290 Must be enabled with an option, because it slows down display updating.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042918 Allow the user to add items to the Syntax menu sorted, without having to
4292 change this for each release.
42938 Add a "matchcontains" for regions: items contained in the start or end
4294 pattern, but not in the body.
42958 Add a "keepend-contained" argument: Don't change the end of an item this
4296 one is contained in. Like "keepend" but specified on the contained item,
4297 instead of the containing item.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042988 cpp.vim: In C++ it's allowed to use {} inside ().
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +010042998 Some syntax files set 'iskeyword', they should use "syn iskeyword".
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004300 Also need a separate 'iskeyword' for the command line, e.g., in a help
4301 window ":e /asdf/asdf/" CTRL-W works different.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043028 Add specific syntax item to match with parens/braces that don't have a
4303 "%" match. :syntax nomatch cMatchError (,{,[,),},] [contained]
43048 Highlight the text between two matching parens (e.g., with a grey
4305 background) when on one of the parens or in between them.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +00004306 Option for the matchparen plugin?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043078 When using a cterm, and no ctermfg or ctermbg are defined, use start/stop
4308 sequences. Add remark in docs that :if 'term' == "term-name" should be
4309 used.
43108 Add @spell cluster to String and Comment groups for many languages. Will
4311 allow spell checking. (Fleiner)
43128 When listing syntax items, try to sort the keywords alphabetically. And
4313 re-insert the [] if possible.
43148 Make it possible to use color of text for Visual highlight group (like for
4315 the Cursor).
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000043168 It would be useful to make the highlight group name an expression. Then
4317 when there is a match, the expression would be evaluated to find out what
4318 highlight group to use. Could be used to check if the shell used in a
4319 password file appears in /etc/shells. (Nikolai Weibull)
4320 syn match =s:checkShell(v:match) contained 'pattern'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043218 Make it possible to only highlight a sub-expression of a match. Like
4322 using "\1" in a ":s" command.
43238 Support for deleting syntax items:
4324 :syn keyword cTodo remove this
4325 :syn match cTodo remove "pattern"
4326 :syn region cString remove start="this" end="that"
43278 Add possibility to sync on something else, when the syncing in one way
4328 doesn't find match. For HTML: When no {script} is found, try looking for
4329 a '<'. (Fleiner)
43307 Replace the synchronizing method with a state machine specification?
4331 Should be able to start at any line in the file, search forwards or
4332 backwards, and use the result of matching a pattern.
43337 Use parsing like awk, so that e.g., a ( without a matching ) can be
4334 detected.
43358 Make it possible to use "inverted" highlighting, invert the original
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004336 character. For Visual mode. (xterm-selection already does this).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043378 Highlight non-printable characters with "SpecialChar", linked to
4338 "Special". Display them with the digraph characters, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043398 Highlight the clipboard-selection with a highlight group.
43408 Be able to reset highlighting to its original (default) values.
43417 Be able to write current highlighting to a file as commands, similar to
4342 ":mkvimrc".
43438 Improve c.vim:
4344 - Add check for unterminated strings, with a variable to switch it on:
4345 "c_strict_ansi".
4346 - Detect unbalanced "#endif". Requires looking back a long way...
43478 Add an option to restrict the updating of syntax highlighting to the
4348 current line while in Insert mode.
43498 When guessing value of 'background', the syntax file has already been
4350 loaded (from the .gvimrc). After changing 'background', load it again?
43518 Add ":syn resync" command, to re-parse the whole file until the current
4352 display position.
43538 Should support "me" offset for a region start pattern. To be used to
4354 allow searching for the end pattern inside the match of the end pattern.
4355 Example: syn region pikeXX start="([^{]" end=")" should work on "()".
43568 When using a regexp for "contains=", should delay matching with it until
4357 redrawing happens. Set a flag when a group is added, check this flag when
4358 highlighting starts.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000043597 It's possible for an item to be transparent, so that the colors of an item
4360 lower on the stack is used. Also do this with highlighting, so that the
4361 user can set transparent highlighting? E.g. a number in a C comment would
4362 get the color of a comment, a number in an assignment Normal. (Nikolai
4363 Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043647 Add "semitrans": Add highlighting. E.g., make the text bold, but keep the
4365 colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
4366 E.g. for this html:
4367 <B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043687 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
43697 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
4370 words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043718 Add more command line completion for :syntax.
43728 Add more command line completion for :highlight.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043737 Should find a better way to parse the :syntax and :highlight commands.
4374 Use tables or lists that can be shared by parsing for execution and
4375 completion?
43768 Add ColorSchemePost autocommand event, so that scripts can set up their
4377 highlighting. (Salman Halim)
43787 Add a few sets of colors (e.g. Borland Turbo C one). With a menu to
4379 select one of the sets.
43808 Add offsets to sub-matches: "\(a*\) *"he=e1-1
4381 'e' is end of match 'e1' is end of sub-match 1, 's2' is start of submatch
4382 2, etc.
43838 In Insert mode, when there are typeahead characters, postpone the
4384 highlighting (for "." command).
43858 Syncing on comments isn't 100% correct when / / lines mix with / * and * /.
4386 For example: What about a line that starts with / / and contains * /?
43878 Ignore / * and * / inside strings, when syncing.
43887 Build a few more syntax files from the file "/usr/share/misc/vgrindefs":
4389 ISP, LDL, Icon, ratfor. And check "nedit/source/highlight.c".
43906 Add possibility to have background color continue until the right edge of
4391 the window. Useful for comment blocks and function headings. (Rogall)
4392- Make it possible to add "contains" items for all items in a group. Useful
4393 when extending an already existing syntax file.
4394- Add line-continuation pattern for non-syncing items too?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004395- Add possibility to highlight the whole line, including the right margin
4396 (for comment blocks).
4397- Add 'hlmatch' option: List of flags:
4398 'c': highlight match for character under the cursor.
4399 'b': highlight the previous (, and its match.
4400 'a': highlight all text from the previous ( until its match.
4401 Also for {}, <>, etc.?
4402 'e': highlight all braces without a match (slow?)
4403 OR: add an argument "cursor" to the syntax command, which means that the
4404 region/match/keyword is only highlighted when the cursor is on it.
4405 (Campbell)
4406 Or do it like Elvis: define text objects and how to highlight them around
4407 the cursor. (Iain Truskett)
44087 Make it possible to use all words in the tags files as Keyword.
4409 Can also be done with a script (but it's slow).
44107 Make it possible to call a ":" command when a match is found. Should
4411 allow for adding keywords from the text (e.g. variables that are set).
4412 And allows for sections with different highlighting.
44137 Add highlight group for commandline: "Commandline". Make sure it
4414 highlights the command line while typing a command, and any output from
4415 messages. And external commands?
44168 Make a version that works like less, but with highlighting: read stdin for
4417 text, exit at end of file, don't allow editing, etc. moreim? lessim?
44187 SpecialKey highlighting overrules syntax highlighting. Can't give an
4419 unprintable char another color. Would be useful for ^M at end of line.
4420
4421
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01004422Vim script language:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000044238 Make the filename and line number available to script functions, so that
4424 they can give useful debugging info. The whole call stack would be ideal.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02004425 At least use this for error messages.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000044267 Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and
4427 restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how
4428 to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044298 Add referring to key options with "&t_xx". Both for "echo &t_xx" and
4430 ":let &t_xx =". Useful for making portable mappings.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004431- range for ":exec", pass it on to the executed command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaarc5604bc2010-07-17 15:20:30 +020044328 ":{range}source": source the lines from the current file.
4433 You can already yank lines and use :@" to execute them.
4434 Most of do_source() would not be used, need a new function.
4435 It's easy when not doing breakpoints or profiling.
4436 Requires copying the lines into a list and then creating a function to
4437 execute lines from the list. Similar to getnextac().
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000044387 ":include" command: just like ":source" but doesn't start a new scriptID?
4439 Will be tricky for the list of script names.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044408 Have a look at VSEL. Would it be useful to include? (Bigham)
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +010044418 Have a prefix for a function to make it unique. When using packages it
4442 can be the plugin name.
4443 Perhaps also have a way to remove everything that the package added?
4444 including autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044457 Pre-parse or compile Vim scripts into a bytecode.
4446 1. Put the bytecode with the original script, with an ":if
4447 has('bytecode')" around it, so that it's only used with a Vim that
4448 supports it. Update the code with a command, can be used in an
4449 autocommand.
4450 2. Use a ".vic" file (like Python use .pyc). Create it when writing a
4451 .vim file. Problem: distribution.
4452 3. Use a cache directory for each user. How to recognize which cached
4453 file belongs to a sourced script?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044547 Add argument to winwidth() to subtract the space taken by 'foldcolumn',
4455 signs and/or 'number'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000044566 Add ++ and -- operators? They only work on variables (lvals), how to
4457 implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044588 Add functions:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004459 has(":command") Check if ":command" works. compare function
4460 with "ex_ni". E.g. for ":simalt".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004461 escape() Add argument to specify what to escape with.
4462 modestack() Instead of just the current mode return the
4463 stack of Insert / CTRL-O / :normal things.
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00004464 realname() Get user name (first, last, full)
4465 user_fullname() patch by Nikolai Weibull, Nov
4466 3 2002
4467 Only add this when also implemented for
4468 non-Unix systems, otherwise a shell cmd could
4469 be used.
4470 get_user_name() gets login name.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00004471 menuprop({name}, {idx}, {what})
4472 Get menu property of menu {name} item {idx}.
4473 menuprop("", 1, "name") returns "File".
4474 menuprop("File", 1, "n") returns "nmenu
4475 File.Open..." argument.
4476 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Apr 22
4477 Return a list of menus and/or a dictionary
4478 with properties instead.
4479 mapname({idx}, mode) return the name of the idx'th mapping.
4480 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Mar 4.
4481 Return a list instead.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004482 char2hex() convert char string to hex string.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004483 crypt() encrypt string
4484 decrypt() decrypt string
4485 base64enc() base 64 encoding
4486 base64dec() base 64 decoding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004487 attributes() return file protection flags "drwxrwxrwx"
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004488 filecopy(from, to) Copy a file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004489 shorten(fname) shorten a file name, like home_replace()
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004490 perl(cmd) call Perl and return string
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004491 inputrl() like input() but right-to-left
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004492 typed() return the characters typed and consumed (to
4493 find out what happened)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004494 virtualmode() add argument to obtain whether "$" was used in
4495 Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004496 getacp() Win32: get codepage (Glenn Maynard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004497 libcall() Allow more than one argument.
4498 libcallext() Like libcall(), but using a callback function
4499 to allow the library to execute a command or
4500 evaluate an expression.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045017 Make bufname("'0") return the buffer name from mark '0. How to get the
4502 column and line number? col("'0") currently returns zero.
45038 argc() returns 0 when using "vim -t tag". How to detect that no file was
4504 specified in any way? To be able to jump to the last edited file.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000045058 Pass the command line arguments to Vim scripts in some way. As v:args
4506 List? Or extra parameter to argv()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045078 Add command arguments with three dashes, passed on to Vim scripts.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045086 User functions: Functions local to buffer "b:func()"?
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000045098 For Strings add ":let var[{expr}] = {expr}". When past the end of "var"
4510 just ignore.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045118 The "= register should be writable, if followed by the name of a variable,
4512 option or environment variable.
45138 ":let &option" should list the value of the option.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000045148 ":let Func().foo = value" should work, also when "foo" doesn't exist.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004515 Also: ":let Func()[foo] = value" should work. Same for a List.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000045167 Add synIDlist(), making the whole list of syntax items on the syntax stack
4517 available as a List.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045188 Add autocommand-event for when a variable is changed:
4519 :au VarChanged {varname} {commands}
45208 Add "has("gui_capable")", to check if the GUI can be started.
45218 Add possibility to use variables like registers: characterwise (default),
4522 linewise (when ending in '\n'), blockwise (when ending in '\001'). reg0,
4523 rega, reg%, etc. Add functions linewise({expr}), blockwise({expr}) and
4524 charwise({expr}).
45257 Make it possible to do any command on a string variable (make a buffer
4526 with one line, containing the string). Maybe add an (invisible) scratch
4527 buffer for this?
4528 result = scratch(string, command)
4529 result = apply(string, command)
4530 result = execute(string, command)
4531 "command" would use <> notation.
4532 Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
45337 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004534
4535
4536Robustness:
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +000045376 Add file locking. Lock a file when starting to edit it with flock() or
4538 fcntl(). This patch has advisory file locking while reading/writing
4539 the file for Vim 5.4: ~/vim/patches/kahn_file_locking .
4540 The patch is incomplete (needs support for more systems, autoconf).
4541 Andy doesn't have time to work on it.
4542 Disadvantage: Need to find ways to gracefully handle failure to obtain a
4543 lock. When to release a lock: When buffer is unloaded?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004544
4545
4546Performance:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000045477 For string variables up to 3 bytes don't allocate memory, use v_list
4548 itself as a character array. Use VAR_SSTRING (short string).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020045497 Add 'lazysize' option: Above this size Vim doesn't load everything before
4550 starting to edit a file. Things like 'fileencodings' only work up to this
4551 size, modelines only work at the top. Useful for large log files where
4552 you only want to look at the first few pages. Use zero to disable it.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000045538 move_lines() copies every line into allocated memory, making reloading a
4554 buffer a lot slower than re-editing the file. Can the memline be locked
4555 so that we don't need to make a copy? Or avoid invoking ml_updatechunk(),
4556 that is taking a lot of time. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008 Jul 7)
Bram Moolenaard04b7502010-07-08 22:27:55 +02004557 With a patch, but does it work?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045588 Turn b_syn_ic and b_syn_containedin into b_syn_flags.
45599 Loading menu.vim still takes quite a bit of time. How to make it faster?
45608 in_id_list() takes much time for syntax highlighting. Cache the result?
45617 setpcmark() shifts the jumplist, this takes quite a bit of time when
4562 jumping around. Instead use an index for the start?
45638 When displaying a space with only foreground highlighting, it's the same
4564 as a space without attributes. Avoid displaying spaces for the "~" lines
4565 when starting up in a color terminal.
45668 Avoid alloc() for scratch buffer use, esp. in syntax.c. It's very slow on
4567 Win16.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045688 Profiling shows that in_id_list() is used very often for C code. Can this
4569 function be improved?
45708 For an existing file, the page size of the swap file is always the
4571 default, instead of using the block size of the device, because the swap
4572 file is created only after setting the block size in mf_open(). How can
4573 this be improved?
45748 Set default for 'ttyscroll' to half a screen height? Should speed up
4575 MS-DOS version. (Negri)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000045767 C syntax highlighting gets a lot slower after ":set foldmethod=syntax".
4577 (Charles Campbell) Inserting a "{" is very slow. (dman)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045787 HTML syntax highlighting is slow for long lines. Try displaying
4579 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
45807 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
4581 lot of abbreviations).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045827 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
4583 at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
4584 for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
4585 Only used compiled code when timestamp matches the file stat.
4586 Add command to compile a vim script and add it to the file in-place.
4587 Split Ex command executing into a parsing and executing phase.
4588 Use compiled code for functions, while loops, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045898 When defining autocommands (e.g., from $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim), need to
4590 compare each pattern with all existing patterns. Use a hash code to avoid
4591 using strcmp() too often?
45927 Include turbo_loader patches, speeding up reading a file?
4593 Speed up reading a file by reading it into a fixed-size buffer, creating
4594 the list of indexes in another buffer, and then copying the result into a
4595 memfile block with two copies. Then read the next block into another
4596 fixed-size buffer, create the second list of indexes and copy text from
4597 the two blocks to the memfile block.
45987 do_cmdline(): Avoid that the command line is copied to allocated memory
4599 and freed again later all the time. For while loops, and for when called
4600 with an argument that can be messed with.
4601 Generic solution: Make a struct that contains a pointer and a flag that
4602 indicates if the pointer should be freed when replaced.
46037 Check that the file size is not more than "sizeof(long)".
4604- Further improve finding mappings in maphash[] in vgetorpeek()
46058 Syntax highlighting is slow when deleting lines. Try in
4606 $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim.
4607- "out of memory" after deleting (1,$d) and changing (:%s/^/> /) a lot of
4608 lines (27000) a few times. Memory fragmentation?
4609- Have a look at how pdksh does memory allocation (alloc.c). (Dalecki)
4610- Do profiling on:
4611 - :g/pat/normal cmd
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004612 - deleting 10Mbyte worth of lines (netscape binary)
4613 - "[i" and "[d" (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
4614 - ":g/^/m0" on a 450Kbyte file. And the "u".
4615 - highlighting "~/vim/test/longline.tex", "~/vim/test/scwoop.tcl" and
4616 "~/vim/test/lockup.pl".
4617 - loading a syntax file to highlight all words not from a dictionary.
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004618 - editing a Vim script with syntax highlighting on (loading vim.vim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046197 Screen updating can be further improved by only redrawing lines that were
4620 changed (and lines after them, when syntax highlighting was used, and it
4621 changed).
4622 - On each change, remember start and end of the change.
4623 - When inserting/deleting lines, remember begin, end, and line count.
4624- Use macros/duarte/capicua for profiling. Nvi 1.71 is the fastest!
4625- When using a file with one long line (1Mbyte), then do "$hhhh", is still
4626 very slow. Avoid calling getvcol() for each "h"?
4627- Executing a register, e.g. "10000@@" is slow, because ins_typebuf has to
4628 move the previous commands forward each time. Pass count from
4629 normal_cmd() down to do_execreg().
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004630- Avoid calls to plines() for cursor line, use w_cline_height.
4631- After ":set nowrap" remove superfluous redraw with wrong hor. offset if
4632 cursor is right of the screen.
46338 Make CTRL-C on Unix generate a signal, avoid using select() to check for a
4634 CTRL-C (it's slow).
4635
4636
4637Code size:
46388 GUI: When NO_CONSOLE is defined, more code can be excluded.
4639- Put getline() and cookie in a struct, so only one argument has to be
4640 passed to do_cmdline() and other functions.
46418 Make a GUI-only version for Unix?
46428 In buf_write _() isn't needed when setting errmsg, do it once when using
4643 it.
46447 When compiling with a GUI-only version, the code for cterm colors can be
4645 left out.
46468 When compiled with a GUI-only version, the termcap entries for terminals
4647 can be removed.
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +010046488 Can the check for libelf in configure.ac be removed?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004649
4650
4651Messages:
46528 When using ":q" in a changed file, the error says to "add !". Add the
4653 command so that beginners understand it: "use :q!".
46548 For 'verbose' level 12 prints commands from source'ed files. How to skip
4655 lines that aren't executed? Perhaps move the echoing to do_cmdline()?
46568 Use 'report' for ":bdel"? (Krishna) To avoid these messages when using a
4657 script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004658- Delete message after new command has been entered and have waited for key.
4659 Perhaps after ten seconds?
4660- Make message history available in "msg" variables: msg1, msg2, .. msg9.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000046618 When reading from stdin allow suppressing the "reading from stdin"
4662 message.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046639 Check handling of overwriting of messages and delays:
4664 Very wrong: errors while redrawing cause endless loop.
4665 When switching to another file and screen scrolls because of the long
4666 message and return must be typed, don't scroll the screen back before
4667 redrawing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046688 When address range is wrong you only get "Invalid range". Be a bit more
4669 specific: Negative, beyond last line, reverse range? Include the text.
46708 Make it possible to ignore errors for a moment ('errorignore'?). Another
4671 option to switch off giving error messages ('errorquiet'?). Also an option
4672 not to give any messages ('quiet')? Or ":quiet on", ":quiet off".
4673 Careful: For a severe error (out of memory), and when the user starts
4674 typing, error messages must be switched back on.
4675 Also a flag to ignore error messages for shell commands (for mappings).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004676- Option to set time for emsg() sleep. Interrupt sleep when key is typed?
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004677 Sleep before second message?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046788 In Ex silent mode or when reading commands from a file, what exactly is
4679 not printed and what is? Check ":print", ":set all", ":args", ":vers",
4680 etc. At least there should be no prompt. (Smulders) And don't clear the
4681 screen when reading commands from stdin. (Kendall)
4682 --> Make a difference between informative messages, prompts, etc. and
4683 error messages, printing text, etc.
46848 Window should be redrawn when resizing at the hit-enter prompt.
4685 Also at the ":tselect" prompt. Find a generic solution for redrawing when
4686 a prompt is present (with a callback function?).
4687
4688
4689Screen updating:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004690- screen_line():
4691 - insert/delete character stuff.
4692 - improve delete rest of line (spaces at end of line).
4693- When moving or resizing window, try to avoid a complete redraw (esp. when
4694 dragging the status line with the mouse).
4695- When 'lazyredraw' set, don't echo :ex commands? Need a flag to redraw when
4696 waiting for a character.
46978 Add a ":refresh [winnr]" command, to force updating a window. Useful from
4698 an event handler where ":normal" can't be used. Also useful when
4699 'lazyredraw' is set in a mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004700
4701Scrolling:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +020047028 Add "zy" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047036 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
4704- extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
4705 Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
4706 windows.
47077 Add 'scrollbind' feature to make the offset of one window with the next
4708 one equal to the window height. When editing one file in both windows it
4709 looks like each window displays a page of the buffer.
4710- Allow scrolling by dragging with the mouse (grab a character and move it
4711 up/down). Like the "hand" in Acrobat reader. Use Alt-LeftMouse for this?
4712 (Goldfarb)
4713- Add command to execute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all
4714 bound windows.
4715- Add 'search' option to 'scrollopt' to allow 'scrollbind' windows to
4716 be bound by regexp searches
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00004717- Add "z>" and "z<": scroll sideways one screenful. (Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004718- Add option to set the number of lines when not to scroll, instead of the
4719 fixed number used now (for terminals that scroll slow with a large number
4720 of lines but not with a single line).
4721
4722
4723Autoconf:
47248 Should use acconfig.h to define prototypes that are used by autoheader.
47258 Some compilers don't give an error for "-OPT:Olimit" but a warning. (Webb)
4726 Add a check for the warning, so that "Olimit" can be added automatically?
4727- Autoconf: Use @datadir@ for the system independent files. Make sure the
4728 system dependent and system independent files are separated. (Leitner).
4729- Add autoconf check for waitpid()/wait4().
4730- Remove fcntl() from autoconf, all systems have it?
4731- Set default for 'dictionary', add search for dictionary to autoconf.
4732
4733
4734Perl interface:
47358 Rename typemap file to something else?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047367 Make buffers accessed as Perl arrays. (Clark)
47377 Make it possible to compile with non-ANSI C?
47386 Tcl/Tk has the "load" command: load a shared library (.so or .dll).
4739
4740
4741Shared libraries:
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +020047428 libcall() can keep the library around instead of always calling dlclose().
4743 (Jason Felice, 2018 Mar 20)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047446 Add support for loading shared libraries, and calling functions in it.
4745 :libload internal-name libname
4746 :libunload internal-name
4747 :liblist
4748 :libcall internal-name function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4749 :libcall function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4750 libcall() can have only one integer or String argument at the moment.
47516 Have a look on how Perl handles loading dynamic libraries.
4752
4753
4754Tags:
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +000047559 With ":set tags=./tags,../tags" and a tag appears in both tags files it is
4756 added twice. Requires figuring out the actual file name for each found
4757 match. Remove tag_fname from the match and combine it with the fname in
4758 the match (without expanding or other things that take time). When
4759 'tagrelative' is off tag_fname isn't needed at all.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000047608 For 'tags' wildcard in the file name is not supported, only in the path.
4761 This is due to it using |file-searching|. Suboptimal solution would be to
4762 make the filename or the whole option use |wildcards| globing, better
Bram Moolenaarf91787c2010-07-17 12:47:16 +02004763 would be to merge the 2 kinds of globing. originally (Erik Falor, 2008
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004764 April 18), updated (Ian Kelling, 2008 July 4)
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000047657 Can CTRL-] (jump to tag) include a following "." and "->" to restrict the
4766 number of possible matches? Check tags file for an item that has members.
4767 (Flemming Madsen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047688 Scope arguments for ":tag", e.g.: ":tag class:cPage open", like Elvis.
47698 When output of ":tselect" is long, getting the more-prompt, should be able
4770 to type the tag number directly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047717 Add the possibility to use the "-t {tag}" argument multiple times. Open a
4772 window for each tag.
47737 Make output of ":tselect" a bit nicer. Use highlighting?
47747 Highlight the "tag 1 of >2" message. New highlight group, or same as "hit
4775 bottom" search message.
47767 When using ":tag" at the top of the tag stack, should add another entry,
4777 so CTRL-T can bring you back to where you are now AND to where you were
4778 before the previous ":tag" command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +00004779- When doing "[^I" or "[^D" add position to tag stack.
4780- Add command to put current position to tag stack: ":tpush".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004781- Add functions to save and restore the tag stack? Or a command to switch
4782 to another tag stack? So that you can do something else and come back to
4783 what you were working on.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047847 When using CTRL-] on someClass::someMethod, separate class from method and
4785 use ":ta class:someClass someMethod".
4786 Include C++ tags changes (Bertin). Change "class::func" tag into "func"
4787 with "class=class"? Docs in oldmail/bertin/in.xxx.
47887 Add ":tagargs", to set values for fields:
4789 :tagargs class:someclass file:version.c
4790 :tagargs clear
4791 These are then the default values (changes the order of priority in tag
4792 matching).
47937 Support for "gtags" and "global"? With ":rtag" command?
4794 There is an example for how to do this in Nvi.
4795 Or do it like Elvis: 'tagprg' and 'tagprgonce' options. (Yamaguchi)
4796 The Elvis method is far more flexible, do it that way.
47977 Support "col:99" extra field, to position the cursor in that column. With
4798 a flag in 'cpoptions' to switch it off again.
47997 Better support for jumping to where a function or variable is used. Use
4800 the id-utils, with a connection to "gid" (Emacs can do it too). Add
4801 ":idselect", which uses an "ID" database (made by "mkid") like "tselect".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004802
4803
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004804Win32 GUI:
48058 Make debug mode work while starting up (vim -D). Open console window for
4806 the message and input?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048077 GvimExt: when there are several existing Vims, move the list to a submenu.
4808 (Mike McCollister)
48098 When using "Edit with Vim" for one file it changes directory, when several
4810 files are selected and using "Edit with single Vim" the directory isn't
4811 changed. At least change directory when the path is the same for all
4812 files. Perhaps just use the path of the first file or use the longest
4813 common part of the path.
48148 Add font argument to set the lfCharSet. (Bobcik)
48158 Somehow automatically detect the system language and set $LANG, so that
4816 gettext and menus work.
48178 Could keep console open to run multiple commands, to avoid the need to hit
4818 return in every console.
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02004819 Also: Look at how Emacs does run external commands:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004820 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
48218 Need a separate PopUp menu for modeless selection. Need two new commands:
4822 Copy selection to clipboard, Paste selection (as typed text).
48238 Support copy/paste for other file formats. At least HTML, perhaps RTF.
4824 Add "copy special" and "paste special" commands?
48257 Use different default colors, to match the current Windows color scheme.
4826 Sys_WindowText, Sys_Window, etc. (Lionel Schaffhauser)
48277 Use <C-Tab> to cycle through open windows (e.g., the find dialog).
48287 <Esc> should close a dialog.
48297 Keep the console for external commands open. Don't wait for a key to be
4830 hit. Re-open it when the user has closed it anyway. Or use a prepended
4831 command: ":nowait {cmd}", or ":quiet", which executes {cmd} without any
4832 prompts.
48337 Should be able to set an option so that when you double click a file that
4834 is associated with Vim, you can either get a new instance of Vim, or have
4835 the file added into an already running Vim.
48367 The "-P" argument only works for the current codepage. Use wide
4837 functions to find the window title.
4838
4839
4840GUI:
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +020048418 Make inputdialog() work for Photon, Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004842- <C--> cannot be mapped. Should be possible to recognize this as a
4843 normal "-" with the Ctrl modifier.
48447 Implement ":popup" for other systems than Windows.
48458 Implement ":tearoff" for other systems than Win32 GUI.
48466 Implement ":untearoff": hide a torn-off menu.
48478 When using the scrollbar to scroll, don't move the cursor position. When
4848 moving the cursor: scroll to the cursor position.
48499 Make <S-Insert> paste from the clipboard by default. (Kunze)
48507 Menu local to a buffer, like mappings. Or local to a filetype?
48518 In Buffers menu, add a choice whether selecting a buffer opens it in the
4852 current window, splits the window or uses ":hide".
48538 Dragging the mouse pointer outside of a Vim Window should make the text
4854 scroll. Return a value from gui_send_mouse_event() to the machine
4855 specific code to indicate the time in which the event should be repeated.
48568 Make it possible to ignore a mouse click when it's used to give Vim (gvim)
4857 window focus. Also when a mouse click is used to bring a window to front.
48588 Make the split into system independent code and system specific code more
4859 explicit. There are too many #ifdefs in gui.c.
4860 If possible, separate the Vim code completely from the GUI code, to allow
4861 running them in separate processes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048627 X11: Support cursorColor resource and "-cr" argument.
48638 X11 (and others): CTRL-; is not different from ';'. Set the modifier mask
4864 to include CTRL for keys where CTRL produces the same ASCII code.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000048657 Add some code to handle proportional fonts on more systems? Need to draw
4866 each character separately (like xterm). Also for when a double-width font
4867 is not exactly double-width. (Maeda)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048688 Should take font from xterm where gvim was started (if no other default).
48698 Selecting font names in X11 is difficult, make a script or something to
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +00004870 select one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048718 Visual highlighting should keep the same font (bold, italic, etc.).
48728 Add flag to 'guioptions' to not put anything in the clipboard at all?
48738 Should support a way to use keys that we don't recognize yet. Add a
4874 command that adds entries to special_keys somehow. How do we make this
4875 portable (X11, Win32, ..)?
48767 Add a flag to 'guioptions' that tells not to remove inactive menu items.
4877 For systems where greying-out or removing menu items is very slow. The
4878 menu items would remain visibly normally, but not do anything.
48797 Add ":minimize" and ":maximize", which iconize the window and back.
4880 Useful when using gvim to run a script (e.g. 2html.vim).
48817 X11: Is it possible to free allocated colors, so that other programs can
4882 use them again? Otherwise, allow disabling allocating the default colors.
4883 Or allocate an own colormap (check UAE). With an option to use it. For
4884 the commandline, "-install" is mostly used for X11 programs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048857 Should support multi-column menus.
4886- Should add option for where to put the "Help" menu: like Motif at the far
4887 right, or with the other menus (but still at the right).
4888- Add menu item to "Keep Insert mode".
48898 ":mkgvimrc" command, that includes menus.
48906 Big change: Move GUI to separate program "vimgui", to make startup of vim a
4891 lot faster, but still be able to do "vim -g" or ":gui".
48927 More explicit mouse button binding instead of 'mousemodel'?
48937 Add option to set the position of the window on the screen. 'windowpos',
4894 which has a value of "123,456": <x>,<y>.
4895 Or add a command, like ":winsize"?
48967 Add toolbar for more GUIs.
48978 Make it possible to use "amenu icon=BuiltIn##", so that the toolbar item
4898 name can be chosen free.
48997 Make it possible to put the toolbar on top, left, right and/or bottom of
4900 the window? Allows for softkey-like use.
49016 Separate the part of Vim that does the editing from the part that runs the
4902 GUI. Communicate through a pseudo-tty. Vim starts up, creates a
4903 pty that is connected to the terminal. When the GUI starts, the pty is
4904 reconnected to the GUI process. When the GUI stops, it is connected to
4905 the terminal again. Also use the pty for external processes, it looks
4906 like a vt100 terminal to them. Vim uses extra commands to communicate GUI
4907 things.
49087 Motif: For a confirm() dialog <Enter> should be ignored when no default
4909 button selected, <Esc> should close the dialog.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049107 When using a pseudo-tty Vim should behave like some terminal (vt52 looks
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004911 simple enough). Terminal codes to/from shell should be translated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004912- Would it be useful to be able to quit the GUI and go back to the terminal
4913 where it was started from?
49147 Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
4915
4916
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004917Autocommands:
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020049189 Rework the code from FEAT_OSFILETYPE for autocmd-osfiletypes to use
4919 'filetype'. Only for when the current buffer is known.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004920- Put autocommand event names in a hashtable for faster lookup?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010049218 When the SwapExists event is triggered, provide information about the
4922 swap file, e.g., whether the process is running, file was modified, etc.
4923 Must be possible to check the situation that it's probably OK to delete
4924 the swap file. (Marc Merlin)
49258 When all the patterns for an event are "*" there is no need to expand
4926 buffer names to a full path. This can be slow for NFS.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000049277 For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
4928 CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
4929 buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
4930 changing the buffer name.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000049317 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000049328 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
4933 Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049348 Use another option than 'updatetime' for the CursorHold event. The two
4935 things are unrelated for the user (but the implementation is more
4936 difficult).
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000049377 Add autocommand event for when a buffer cannot be abandoned. So that the
4938 user can define the action taking (autowrite, dialog, fail) based on the
4939 kind of file. (Yakov Lerner) Or is BufLeave sufficient?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049408 Autocommand for when modified files have been found, when getting input
4941 focus again (e.g., FileChangedFocus).
4942 Check when: getting focus, jumping to another buffer, ...
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000049438 Autocommands should not change registers. And marks? And the jumplist?
4944 And anything else? Add a command to save and restore these things.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049458 Add autocommands, user functions and user commands to ":mkvimrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049466 Add KeymapChanged event, so that the effects of a different keymap can be
4947 handled (e.g., other font) (Ron Aaron)
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000049487 When trying to open a directory, trigger an OpenDirectory event.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049497 Add file type in front of file pattern: <d> for directory, <l> for link,
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004950 <x> for executable, etc. With commas to separate alternatives. The
4951 autocommand is only executed when both the file type AND the file pattern
4952 match. (Leonard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049535 Add option that specifies extensions which are to be discarded from the
4954 file name. E.g. 'ausuffix', with ".gz,.orig". Such that file.c.gz will
4955 trigger the "*.c" autocommands. (Belabas)
49567 Add something to break the autocommands for the current event, and for
4957 what follows. Useful for a "BufWritePre" that wants to avoid writing the
4958 file.
49598 When editing "tt.gz", which is in DOS format, 'fileformat' stays at
4960 "unix", thus writing the file changes it. Somehow detect that the read
4961 command used dos fileformat. Same for 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004962- Add events to autocommands:
4963 Error - When an error happens
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +02004964 ModeChange - after changing mode (before waiting for a char)
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00004965 VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled
4966 when exiting isn't a good idea.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004967 CursorHoldC - CursorHold while command-line editing
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00004968 WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004969 SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M")
4970 PreDirChanged/PostDirChanged
4971 - Before/after ":cd" has been used (for changing the
4972 window title)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004973 ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004974 InsertCharPost - user typed a character in Insert mode, after inserting
4975 the char.
4976 BufModified - When a buffer becomes modified, or unmodified (for
4977 putting a [+] in the window title or checking out the
4978 file from CVS).
4979 BufFirstChange - When making a change, when 'modified' is set. Can be
4980 used to do a :preserve for remote files.
4981 BufChange - after a change was made. Set some variables to indicate
4982 the position and number of inserted/deleted lines, so
4983 that marks can be updated. HierAssist has patch to add
4984 BufChangePre, BufChangePost and RevertBuf. (Shah)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004985 ViewChanged - triggered when the text scrolls and when the window size
4986 changes.
4987 WinResized - After a window has been resized
4988 WinClose - Just before closing a window
Bram Moolenaarebefac62005-12-28 22:39:57 +00004989- Write the file now and then ('autosave'):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004990 *'autosave'* *'as'* *'noautosave'* *'noas'*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004991 'autosave' 'as' number (default 0)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004992 Automatically write the current buffer to file N seconds after the
4993 last change has been made and when |'modified'| is still set.
4994 Default: 0 = do not autosave the buffer.
4995 Alternative: have 'autosave' use 'updatetime' and 'updatecount' but make
4996 them save the file itself besides the swapfile.
4997
4998
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004999Omni completion:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00005000- Add a flag to 'complete' to be able to do omni completion with CTRL-N (and
5001 mix it with other kinds of completion).
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00005002- Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE:
5003 - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information.
5004 Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc.
5005 Richard Emberson mentioned working on an interface to Java.
5006 - Check Readline for its completion interface.
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00005007- Ideas from others:
5008 http://www.wholetomato.com/
5009 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=747
5010 http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim
5011 or http://insenvim.sourceforge.net
5012 Java, XML, HTML, C++, JSP, SQL, C#
5013 MS-Windows only, lots of dependencies (e.g. Perl, Internet
5014 explorer), uses .dll shared libraries.
5015 For C++ uses $INCLUDE environment var.
5016 Uses Perl for C++.
5017 Uses ctags to find the info:
5018 ctags -f $allTagsFile --fields=+aiKmnsSz --language-force=C++ --C++-kinds=+cefgmnpsut-dlux -u $files
5019 www.vim.org script 1213 (Java Development Environment) (Fuchuan Wang)
5020 IComplete: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1265
5021 and http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0125672/icomplete/
5022 http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs)
5023 Ivan Villanueva has something for Java.
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02005024 Emacs: http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory/more_c_completion.html
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00005025 Completion in .NET framework SharpDevelop: http://www.icsharpcode.net
5026- Pre-expand abbreviations, show which abbrevs would match?
5027
5028
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005029Insert mode completion/expansion:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00005030- GUI implementation of the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +000050317 When searching in other files the name flash by, too fast to read. Only
5032 display a name every second or so, like with ":vimgrep".
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000050337 When expanding file names with an environment variable, add the match with
5034 the unexpanded var. So $HOME/tm expands to "/home/guy/tmp" and
5035 "$HOME/tmp"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050368 When there is no word before the cursor but something like "sys." complete
5037 with "sys.". Works well for C and similar languages.
50389 ^X^L completion doesn't repeat correctly. It uses the first match with
5039 the last added line, instead of continuing where the last match ended.
5040 (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050418 Add option to set different behavior for Insert mode completion:
5042 - ignore/match case
5043 - different characters than 'iskeyword'
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000050448 Add option 'isexpand', containing characters when doing expansion (so that
5045 "." and "\" can be included, without changing 'iskeyword'). (Goldfarb)
5046 Also: 'istagword': characters used for CTRL-].
5047 When 'isexpand' or 'istagword' are empty, use 'iskeyword'.
5048 Alternative: Use a pattern so that start and end of a keyword can be
5049 defined, only allow dash in the middle, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050508 Add a command to undo the completion, go back to the original text.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000050517 Completion of an abbreviation: Can leave letters out, like what Instant
5052 text does: www.textware.com
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050538 Use the class information in the tags file to do context-sensitive
5054 completion. After "foo." complete all member functions/variables of
5055 "foo". Need to search backwards for the class definition of foo.
5056 Should work for C++ and Java.
5057 Even more context would be nice: "import java.^N" -> "io", "lang", etc.
50587 When expanding $HOME/dir with ^X^F keep the $HOME (with an option?).
50597 Add CTRL-X command in Insert mode like CTRL-X CTRL-N, that completes WORDS
5060 instead of words.
50618 Add CTRL-X CTRL-R: complete words from register contents.
50628 Add completion of previously inserted texts (like what CTRL-A does).
5063 Requires remembering a number of insertions.
50648 Add 'f' flag to 'complete': Expand file names.
5065 Also apply 'complete' to whole line completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005066- Add a flag to 'complete' to only scan local header files, not system
5067 header files. (Andri Moell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005068- Make it possible to search include files in several places. Use the
5069 'path' option? Can this be done with the dictionary completion (use
5070 wildcards in the file name)?
5071- Make CTRL-X CTRL-K do a binary search in the dictionary (if it's sorted).
5072- Speed up CTRL-X CTRL-K dictionary searching (don't use a regexp?).
5073- Set a mark at the position where the match was found (file mark, could
5074 be in another file).
5075- Add CTRL-A command in CTRL-X mode: show all matches.
5076- Make CTRL-X CTRL-L use the 'complete' option?
5077- Add command in CTRL-X mode to add following words to the completed string
5078 (e.g. to complete "Pointer->element" with CTRL-X CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-W)
5079- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Use 'path' to find completions.
5080- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Option to use forward slashes on MS-Windows?
5081- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Don't replace "$VIM" with the actual value. (Kelly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005082- Allow listing all matches in some way (and picking one from the list).
5083
5084
5085Command line editing:
50867 Add commands (keys) to delete from the cursor to the end of the command
5087 line.
50888 Custom completion of user commands can't use the standard completion
5089 functions. Add a hook to invoke a user function that returns the type of
5090 completion to be done: "file", "tag", "custom", etc.
5091- Add flags to 'whichwrap' for command line editing (cursor right at end of
5092 lines wraps to start of line).
5093- Make editing the command line work like Insert mode in a single-line view
5094 on a buffer that contains the command line history. But this has many
5095 disadvantages, only implement it when these can be solved. Elvis has run
5096 into these, see remarks from Steve (~/Mail/oldmail/kirkendall/in.00012).
5097 - Going back in history and editing a line there would change the history.
5098 Would still need to keep a copy of the history elsewhere. Like the
5099 cmdwin does now already.
5100 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command. How to switch to normal
5101 mode for more commands? <Esc> should cancel the command line. CTRL-T?
5102 - To allow "/" and "= need to recursively call getcmdline(), overwrite the
5103 cmdline. But then we are editing a command-line again. How to avoid
5104 that the user gets confused by the stack of command lines?
5105 - Use edit() for normal cmdline editing? Would have to integrate
5106 getcmdline() into edit(). Need to solve conflicts between Insert mode
5107 and Command-line mode commands. Make it work like Korn shell and tcsh.
5108 Problems:
5109 - Insert: completion with 'wildchar'
5110 - Insert: use cmdline abbreviations
5111 - Insert: CTRL-D deletes indent instead of listing matches
5112 - Normal: no CTRL-W commands
5113 - Normal: no ":" commands?
5114 - Normal: allow Visual mode only within one line.
5115 - where to show insert/normal mode message? Change highlighting of
5116 character in first column?
5117 - Implementation ideas:
5118 - Set "curwin" and "curbuf" to the command line window and buffer.
5119 - curwin->w_topline is always equal to curwin->w_cursor.lnum.
5120 - never set 'number', no folding, etc. No status line.
5121 - sync undo after entering a command line?
5122 - use NV_NOCL flag for commands that are not allowed in Command-line
5123 Mode.
5124
5125
5126Command line completion:
51278 Change expand_interactively into a flag that is passed as an argument.
51288 With command line completion after '%' and '#', expand current/alternate
5129 file name, so it can be edited. Also with modifiers, such as "%:h".
51308 When completing command names, either sort them on the long name, or list
5131 them with the optional part inside [].
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000051328 Add an option to ignore case when doing interactive completion. So that
5133 ":e file<Tab>" also lists "Filelist" (sorted after matching case matches).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051347 Completion of ":map x ": fill in the current mapping, so that it can be
5135 edited. (Sven Guckes)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005136- For 'wildmenu': Simplify "../bar" when possible.
5137- When using <Up> in wildmenu mode for a submenu, should go back to the
5138 current menu, not the first one. E.g., ":emenu File.Save<Up>".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051398 When using backtick expansion, the external command may write a greeting
5140 message. Add an option or commands to remove lines that match a regexp?
51417 When listing matches of files, display the common path separately from the
5142 file names, if this makes the listing shorter. (Webb)
5143- Add command line completion for ":ilist" and friends, show matching
5144 identifiers (Webb).
51458 Add command line completion for "old value" of a command. ":args <key>"
5146 would result in the current list of arguments, which you can then edit.
51477 Add command line completion with CTRL-X, just like Insert mode completion.
5148 Useful for ":s/word/xx/".
5149- Add command to go back to the text as it was before completion started.
5150 Also to be used for <Up> in the command line.
5151- Add 'wildlongest' option: Key to use to find longest common match for
5152 command line completion (default CTRL-L), like 'wildchar'. (Cregut)
5153 Also: when there are several matches, show them line a CTRL-D.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005154
5155
5156Command line history:
5157- Add "KeyWasTyped" flag: It's reset before each command and set when a
5158 character from the keyboard is consumed. Value is used to decide to put a
5159 command line in history or not. Put line in history if it didn't
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01005160 completely result from one mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005161- When using ":browse", also put the resulting edit command in the history,
5162 so that it can be repeated. (Demirel)
5163
5164
5165Insert mode:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000051669 When 'autoindent' is set, hitting <CR> twice, while there is text after
5167 the cursor, doesn't delete the autoindent in the resulting blank line.
5168 (Rich Wales) This is Vi compatible, but it looks like a bug.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051698 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode, then executing an insert command
5170 "a" or "i", should we return to Insert mode after <Esc>? (Eggink)
5171 Perhaps it can be allowed a single time, to be able to do
5172 "<C-O>10axyz<Esc>". Nesting this further is confusing.
5173 ":map <F2> 5aabc<Esc>" works only once from Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000051748 When using CTRL-G CTRL-O do like CTRL-\ CTRL-O, but when returning with
5175 the cursor in the same position and the text didn't change continue the
5176 same change, so that "." repeats the whole insert.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051777 Use CTRL-G <count> to repeat what follows. Useful for inserting a
5178 character multiple times or repeating CTRL-Y.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00005179- Make 'revins' work in Replace mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051807 Use 'matchpairs' for 'showmatch': When inserting a character check if it
5181 appears in the rhs of 'matchpairs'.
5182- In Insert mode (and command line editing?): Allow undo of the last typed
5183 character. This is useful for CTRL-U, CTRL-W, delete and backspace, and
5184 also for characters that wrap to the next line.
5185 Also: be able to undo CTRL-R (insert register).
5186 Possibly use 'backspace'="whole" for a mode where at least a <CR> that
5187 inserts autoindent is undone by a single <BS>.
5188- Use CTRL-G in Insert mode for an extra range of commands, like "g" in
5189 Normal mode.
5190- Make 'paste' work without resetting other options, but override their
5191 value. Avoids problems when changing files and modelines or autocommands
5192 are used.
5193- When typing CTRL-V and a digit higher than 2, only expect two digits.
5194- Insert binary numbers with CTRL-V b.
5195- Make it possible to undo <BS>, <C-W> and <C-U>. Bash uses CTRL-Y.
5196
5197
5198'cindent', 'smartindent':
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010051999 Wrapping a variable initialization should have extra indent:
5200 char * veryLongName =
5201 "very long string"
5202 Also check if "cino=+10" is used correctly.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000052038 Lisp indenting: "\\" confuses the indenter. (Dorai Sitaram, 2006 May 17)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000052048 Why are continuation lines outside of a {} block not indented? E.g.:
5205 long_type foo =
5206 value;
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052078 Java: Inside an anonymous class, after an "else" or "try" the indent is
5208 too small. (Vincent Bergbauer)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00005209 Problem of using {} inside (), 'cindent' doesn't work then.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052108 In C++ it's possible to have {} inside (): (Kirshna)
5211 func(
5212 new String[] {
5213 "asdf",
5214 "asdf"
5215 }
5216 );
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010052178 In C++ a function isn't recognized inside a namespace:
5218 (Chow Loong Jin)
5219 namespace {
5220 int
5221 func(int arg) {
5222 }
5223 }
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000052246 Add 'cino' flag for this function argument layout: (Spencer Collyer)
5225 func( arg1
5226 , arg2
5227 , arg3
5228 );
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +000052297 Add separate "(0" option into inside/outside a function (Zellner):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005230 func(
5231 int x) // indent like "(4"
5232 {
5233 if (a
5234 && b) // indent like "(0"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052359 Using "{" in a comment: (Helmut Stiegler)
5236 if (a)
5237 {
5238 if (b)
5239 {
5240 // {
5241 }
5242 } <-- this is indented incorrect
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +00005243 Problem is that find_start_brace() checks for the matching brace to be in
5244 a comment, but not braces in between. Requires adding a comment check to
5245 findmatchlimit().
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005246- Make smartindenting configurable. Add 'sioptions', e.g. '#' setting the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005247 indent to 0 should be switched on/off.
52487 Support ANSI style function header, with each argument on its own line.
5249- "[p" and "]p" should use 'cindent' code if it's on (only for the first
5250 line).
5251- Add option to 'cindent' to set indent for comments outside of {}?
5252- Make a command to line up a comment after a code line with a previous
5253 comment after a code line. Can 'cindent' do this automatically?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005254- When 'cindent'ing a '}', showmatch is done before fixing the indent. It
5255 looks better when the indent is fixed before the showmatch. (Webb)
5256- Add option to make indenting work in comments too (for commented-out
5257 code), unless the line starts with "*".
5258- Don't use 'cindent' when doing formatting with "gq"?
5259- When formatting a comment after some text, insert the '*' for the new line
5260 (indent is correct if 'cindent' is set, but '*' doesn't get inserted).
52618 When 'comments' has both "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/" and "s1:(*,mb:*,ex:*)", the
5262 'x' flag always uses the first match. Need to continue looking for more
5263 matches of "*" and remember all characters that could end the comment.
5264- For smartindent: When typing 'else' line it up with matching 'if'.
5265- 'smartindent': allow patterns in 'cinwords', for e.g. TeX files, where
5266 lines start with "\item".
5267- Support this style of comments (with an option): (Brown)
5268 /* here is a comment that
5269 is just autoindented, and
5270 nothing else */
5271- Add words to 'cinwords' to reduce the indent, e.g., "end" or "fi".
52727 Use Tabs for the indent of starting lines, pad with spaces for
5273 continuation lines. Allows changing 'tabstop' without messing up the
5274 indents.
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01005275 Patch by Lech Lorens, 2010 Mar. Update by James McCoy, 2014 Mar 15.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005276
5277
5278Java:
52798 Can have {} constructs inside parens. Include changes from Steve
5280 Odendahl?
52818 Recognize "import java.util.Vector" and use $CLASSPATH to find files for
5282 "[i" commands and friends.
5283- For files found with 'include': handle "*" in included name, for Java.
5284 (Jason)
5285- How to make a "package java.util" cause all classes in the package to be
5286 searched? Also for "import java.util.*". (Mark Brophy)
5287
5288
5289'comments':
52908 When formatting C comments that are after code, the "*" isn't repeated
5291 like it's done when there is no code. And there is no automatic wrapping.
5292 Recognize comments that come after code. Should insert the comment leader
5293 when it's "#" or "//".
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00005294 Other way around: when a C command starts with "* 4" the "*" is repeated
5295 while it should not. Use syntax HL comment recognition?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052967 When using "comments=fg:--", Vim inserts three spaces for a new line.
5297 When hitting a TAB, these spaces could be removed.
52987 The 'n'esting flag doesn't do the indenting of the last (rightmost) item.
52996 Make strings in 'comments' option a RE, to be able to match more
5300 complicated things. (Phillipps) Use a special flag to indicate that a
5301 regexp is used.
53028 Make the 'comments' option with "/* * */" lines only repeat the "*" line
5303 when there is a "/*" before it? Or include this in 'cindent'?
5304
5305
5306Virtual edit:
53078 Make the horizontal scrollbar work to move the text further left.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053087 Allow specifying it separately for Tabs and beyond end-of-line?
5309
5310
5311Text objects:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000053128 Add text object for fold, so that it can be yanked when it's open.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053138 Add test script for text object commands "aw", "iW", etc.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000053148 Add text object for part of a CamelHumpedWord and under_scored_word.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00005315 (Scott Graham) "ac" and "au"?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000053168 Add a text object for any kind of quoting, also with multi-byte
5317 characters. Option to specify what quotes are recognized (default: all)
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00005318 use "aq" and "iq". Use 'quotepairs' to define pairs of quotes, like
5319 'matchpairs'?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000053208 Add text object for any kind of parens, also multi-byte ones.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000053218 Add a way to make an ":omap" for a user-defined text object. Requires
5322 changing the starting position in oap->start.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053238 Add "gp" and "gP" commands: insert text and make sure there is a single
5324 space before it, unless at the start of the line, and after it, unless at
5325 the end of the line or before a ".".
53267 Add objects with backwards extension? Use "I" and "A". Thus "2dAs"
5327 deletes the current and previous sentence. (Jens Paulus)
53287 Add "g{" and "g}" to move to the first/last character of a paragraph
5329 (instead of the line just before/after a paragraph as with "{" and "}").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053306 Ignore comment leaders for objects. Make "das" work in reply-email.
53315 Make it possible to use syntax group matches as a text object. For
5332 example, define a "ccItem" group, then do "da<ccItem>" to delete one.
5333 Or, maybe just define "dai", delete-an-item, to delete the syntax item the
5334 cursor is on.
5335
5336
5337Select mode:
53388 In blockwise mode, typed characters are inserted in front of the block,
5339 backspace deletes a column before the block. (Steve Hall)
53407 Alt-leftmouse starts block mode selection in MS Word.
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02005341 See http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Use_Alt-Mouse_to_select_blockwise.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053427 Add Cmdline-select mode. Like Select mode, but used on the command line.
5343 - Change gui_send_mouse_event() to pass on mouse events when 'mouse'
5344 contains 'C' or 'A'.
5345 - Catch mouse events in ex_getln.c. Also shift-cursor, etc., like in
5346 normal_cmd().
5347 - remember start and end of selection in cmdline_info.
5348 - Typing text replaces the selection.
5349
5350
5351Visual mode:
Bram Moolenaar3b1db362013-08-10 15:00:24 +020053528 Support using "." in Visual mode. Use the operator applied to the Visual
5353 selection, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005354- When dragging the Visual selection with the mouse and 'scrolloff' is zero,
5355 behave like 'scrolloff' is one, so that the text scrolls when the pointer
5356 is in the top line.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00005357- Displaying size of Visual area: use 24-33 column display.
5358 When selecting multiple lines, up to about a screenful, also count the
5359 characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053608 When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode, short lines do not get the new
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00005361 text. Make it possible to add the text to short lines too, with padding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005362 where needed.
53637 With a Visual block selected, "2x" deletes a block of double the width,
5364 "3y" yanks a block of triple width, etc.
53657 When selecting linewise, using "itext" should insert "text" at the start
5366 of each selected line.
53678 What is "R" supposed to do in Visual mode?
53688 Make Visual mode local to the buffer. Allow changing to another buffer.
5369 When starting a new Visual selection, remove the Visual selection in any
5370 other buffer. (Ron Aaron)
53718 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it somewhere else. (Ron Aaron,
5372 Ben Godfrey)
53737 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it in another program, and
5374 receive dropped text from another program. (Ben Godfrey)
53757 With blockwise Visual mode and "c", "C", "I", "A", etc., allow the use of
5376 a <CR>. The entered lines are repeated over the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053777 Filtering a block should only apply to the block, not to the whole lines.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005378 When the number of lines is increased, add lines. When decreased, pad with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005379 spaces or delete? Use ":`<,`>" on the command line.
53808 After filtering the Visual area, make "gv" select the filtered text?
5381 Currently "gv" only selects a single line, not useful.
53827 Don't move the cursor when scrolling? Needed when the selection should
5383 stay the same. Scroll to the cursor at any movement command. With an
5384 option!
53857 In Visual block mode, need to be able to define a corner on a position
5386 that doesn't have text? Also: when using the mouse, be able to select
5387 part of a TAB. Even more: Add a mode where the cursor can be on a screen
5388 position where there is no text. When typing, add spaces to fill the gap.
5389 Other solution: Always use curswant, so that you can move the cursor to
5390 the right column, and then use up/down movements to select the line,
5391 without changing the column.
53926 ":left" and ":right" should work in Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053937 CTRL-I and CTRL-O should work in Visual mode, but only jump to marks in the
5394 current buffer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053956 In non-Block mode, "I" should insert the same text in front of each line,
5396 before the first non-blank, "gI" in column 1.
53976 In non-Block mode, "A" should append the same text after each line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053986 When in blockwise visual selection (CTRL-V), allow cursor to be placed
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005399 right of the line. Could also allow cursor to be placed anywhere on a TAB
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005400 or other special character.
54016 Add commands to move selected text, without deselecting.
5402
5403
5404More advanced repeating commands:
5405- Add "." command for visual mode: redo last visual command (e.g. ":fmt").
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02005406- Add command to repeat last movement. Including count.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005407- Add "." command after operator: repeat last command of same operator. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005408 "c." will repeat last change, also when "x" used since then (Webb).
5409 "y." will repeat last yank.
5410 "c2." will repeat the last but one change?
5411 Also: keep history of Normal mode commands, add command to list the history
5412 and/or pick an older command.
5413- History stack for . command? Use "g." command.
5414
5415
5416Mappings and Abbreviations:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054178 When "0" is mapped (it is a movement command) this mapping should not be
5418 used after typing another number, e.g. "20l". (Charles Campbell)
5419 Is this possible without disabling the mapping of the following command?
54208 Should mapping <C-A> and <C-S-A> both work?
54217 ":abbr b byte", append "b " to an existing word still expands to "byte".
5422 This is Vi compatible, but can we avoid it anyway?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054238 To make a mapping work with a prepended "x to select a register, store the
5424 last _typed_ register name and access it with "&.
54258 Add ":amap", like ":amenu".
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +000054267 Add a mapping that works always, for remapping the keyboard.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054278 Add ":cab!", abbreviations that only apply to Command-line mode and not to
5428 entering search strings.
54298 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
5430 abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
5431 not the <Space>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054328 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
5433 (?) work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054347 Add <0x8f> (hex), <033> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054357 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
5436 unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054376 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
5438 abbreviations are to be used.
5439- Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
5440 example, for a mouse escape sequence:
5441 :mapexp <Esc>{\([0-9]*\),\([0-9]*\); H\1j\2l
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00005442- Add optional <Number> argument for mappings:
5443 :map <Number>q ^W^W<Number>G
5444 :map <Number>q<Number>t ^W^W<Number1-1>G<Number2>l
5445 :map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
5446 Or implicit:
5447 :map q <Register>d<Number>$
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005448- Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
5449 a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
5450 that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005451- Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
5452 not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
5453- Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
5454 mappings off for :unab and :unmap.
54556 When using mappings in Insert mode, insert characters for incomplete
5456 mappings first, then remove them again when a mapping matches. Avoids
5457 that characters that are the start of some mapping are not shown until you
5458 hit another character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005459- Add mappings for replace mode: ":rmap". How do we then enter mappings for
5460 non-replace Insert mode?
5461- Add separate mappings for Visual-character/block/line mode?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005462- Add 'mapstop' command, to stop recursive mappings.
5463- List mappings that have a raw escape sequence both with the name of the key
5464 for that escape sequence (if there is one) and the sequence itself.
5465- List mappings: Once with special keys listed as <>, once with meta chars as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005466 <M-a>, once with the byte values (octal?). Sort of "spell mapping" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005467- When entering mappings: Add the possibility to enter meta keys like they
5468 are displayed, within <>: <M-a>, <~@> or <|a>.
5469- Allow multiple arguments to :unmap.
5470- Command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping
5471 ":freekeys".
5472- Allow any character except white space in abbreviations lhs (Riehm).
5473
5474
5475Incsearch:
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02005476- Wrong scrolling when using incsearch. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2014
5477 Dec 4. Is this a good solution?
5478- Temporarily open folds to show where the search ends up. Restore the
5479 folds when going to another line.
5480 Patch to open folds for 'incsearch'. (Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jan 6)
5481- Bug with 'incsearch' going to wrong line. (Wolfram Kresse, 2009 Aug 17)
5482 Only with "vim -u NONE".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005483- When no match is found and the user types more, the screen is redrawn
5484 anyway. Could skip that. Esp. if the line wraps and the text is scrolled
5485 up every time.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005486- When incsearch used and hitting return, no need to search again in many
5487 cases, saves a lot of time in big files. (Slootman wants to work on this?)
5488 When not using special characters, can continue search from the last match
5489 (or not at all, when there was no match). See oldmail/webb/in.872.
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +020054909 incsearch is incorrect for "/that/<Return>/this/;//" (last search pattern
5491 isn't updated).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005492
5493
5494Searching:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010054959 Should have an option for :vimgrep to find lines without a match.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000054968 Add "g/" and "gb" to search for a pattern in the Visually selected text?
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00005497 "g?" is already used for rot13.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005498 The vis.vim script has a ":S" command that does something like this.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005499 Can use "g/" in Normal mode, uses the '< to '> area.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005500 Use "&/" for searching the text in the Visual area?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010055019 Add "v" offset: "/pat/v": search for pattern and start Visual mode on the
5502 matching text.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010055038 Add a modifier to interpret a space like "\_s\+" to make it much easier to
5504 search for a phrase.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000055058 Add a mechanism for recursiveness: "\@(([^()]*\@g[^()]*)\)". \@g stands
5506 for "go recursive here" and \@( \) marks the recursive part.
5507 Perl does it this way:
5508 $paren = qr/ \(( [^()] | (??{ $paren }) )* \) /x;
5509 Here $paren is evaluated when it's encountered. This is like a regexp
5510 inside a regexp. In the above terms it would be:
5511 \@((\([^()]\|\@g\)*)\)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000055128 Show the progress every second. Could use the code that checks for CTRL-C
5513 to find out how much time has passed. Or use SIGALRM. Where to show the
5514 number?
Bram Moolenaarc998e3c2005-06-14 22:13:23 +000055157 Support for approximate-regexps to find similar words (agrep
5516 http://www.tgries.de/agrep/ tre: http://laurikari.net/tre/index.html).
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000055178 Add an item for a big character range, so that one can search for a
5518 chinese character: \z[234-1234] or \z[XX-YY] or \z[0x23-0x234].
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000055197 Add an item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005520 the stack if previous atom matched". Other side is "match with top of
5521 stack, pop it when it matches". Use "\@pX" and "\@m"?
5522 Example: \((\@p).\{-}\@m\)*
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000055237 Add a flag to "/pat/" to discard an error. Useful to continue a mapping
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005524 when a search fails. Could be "/pat/E" (e is already used for end offset).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055257 Add pattern item to use properties of Unicode characters. In Perl it's
5526 "\p{L}" for a letter. See Regular Expression Pocket Reference.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055278 Would it be possible to allow ":23,45/pat/flags" to search for "pat" in
5528 lines 23 to 45? Or does this conflict with Ex range syntax?
55298 Allow identical pairs in 'matchpairs'. Restrict the search to the current
5530 line.
Bram Moolenaar7db8f6f2016-03-29 23:12:46 +020055317 Allow longer pairs in 'matchpairs'. Use matchit.vim as an
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005532 example.
55338 Make it possible to define the character that "%" checks for in
5534 #if/#endif. For nmake it's !if/!endif.
5535- For "%" command: set hierarchy for which things include other things that
5536 should be ignored (like "*/" or "#endif" inside /* */).
5537 Also: use "%" to jump from start to end of syntax region and back.
5538 Alternative: use matchit.vim
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055398 A pattern like "\([^a]\+\)\+" takes an awful long time. Recognize that
5540 the recursive "\+" is meaningless and optimize for it.
5541 This one is also very slow on "/* some comment */": "^\/\*\(.*[^/]\)*$".
55427 Recognize "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc. and replace them with the faster "\l" and
5543 "\d".
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000055447 Add a way to specify characters in <C-M> or <Key> form. Could be
5545 \%<C-M>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055468 Add an argument after ":s/pat/str/" for a range of matches. For example,
5547 ":s/pat/str/#3-4" to replace only the third and fourth "pat" in a line.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000055488 When 'iskeyword' is changed the matches from 'hlsearch' may change. (Benji
5549 Fisher) redraw if some options are set while 'hlsearch' is set?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055508 Add an option not to use 'hlsearch' highlighting for ":s" and ":g"
5551 commands. (Kahn) It would work like ":noh" is used after that command.
5552 Also: An extra flag to do this once, and a flag to keep the existing
5553 search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005554- Make 'hlsearch' a local/global option, so that it can be disabled in some
5555 of the windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005556- Add \%h{group-name}; to search for a specific highlight group.
5557 Add \%s{syntax-group}; to search for a specific syntax group.
5558- Support Perl regexp. Use PCRE (Perl Compatible RE) package. (Shade)
5559 Or translate the pattern to a Vim one.
5560 Don't switch on with an option for typed commands/mappings/functions, it's
5561 too confusing. Use "\@@" in the pattern, to avoid incompatibilities.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000055628 Add a way to access the last substitute text, what is used for ":s//~/".
5563 Can't use the ~ register, it's already used for drag & drop.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005564- Remember flags for backreferenced items, so that "*" can be used after it.
5565 Check with "\(\S\)\1\{3}". (Hemmerling)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000055668 Flags that apply to the whole pattern.
5567 This works for all places where a regexp is used.
5568 Add "\q" to not store this pattern as the last search pattern?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005569- Add flags to search command (also for ":s"?):
5570 i ignore case
5571 I use case
5572 p use Perl regexp syntax (or POSIX?)
5573 v use Vi regexp syntax
5574 f forget pattern, don't keep it for "n" command
5575 F remember pattern, keep it for "n" command
5576 Perl uses these too:
5577 e evaluate the right side as an expression (Perl only)
5578 m multiple line expression (we don't need it)
5579 o compile only once (Perl only)
5580 s single line expression (we don't need it)
5581 x extended regexp (we don't need it)
5582 When used after ":g" command, backslash needed to avoid confusion with the
5583 following command.
5584 Add 'searchflags' for default flags (replaces 'gdefault').
5585- Add command to display the last used substitute pattern and last used
5586 pattern. (Margo) Maybe make it accessible through a register (like "/
5587 for search string)?
55887 Use T-search algorithm, to speed up searching for strings without special
5589 characters. See C't article, August 1997.
5590- Add 'fuzzycase' option, so that case doesn't matter, and '-' and '_' are
5591 equivalent (for Unix filenames).
5592- Add 'v' flag to search command: enter Visual mode, with the matching text
5593 as Visual area. (variation on idea from Bertin)
5594- Searching: "/this//that/" should find "that" after "this".
5595- Add global search commands: Instead of wrapping at the end of the buffer,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005596 they continue in another buffer. Use flag after search pattern:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005597 a for the next file in the argument list
5598 f for file in the buffer list
5599 w for file edited in a window.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005600 e.g. "/pat/f". Then "n" and "N" work through files too. "f" flag also for
5601 ":s/pat/foo/f"??? Then when 'autowrite' and 'hidden' are both not set, ask
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005602 before saving files: "Save modified buffer "/path/file"? (Yes/Hide/No
5603 Save-all/hide-All/Quit) ".
5604- ":s/pat/foo/3": find 3rd match of "pat", like sed. (Thomas Koehler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056057 When searching with 'n' give message when getting back where the search
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005606 first started. Remember start of search in '/ mark.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056077 Add option that scrolls screen to put cursor in middle of screen after
5608 search always/when off-screen/never. And after a ":tag" command. Maybe
5609 specify how many lines below the screen causes a redraw with the cursor in
5610 the middle (default would be half a screen, zero means always).
56116 Support multiple search buffers, so macros can be made without side
5612 effects.
56137 From xvim: Allow a newline in search patterns (also for :s, can delete
5614 newline). Add BOW, EOW, NEWL, NLORANY, NLBUTANY, magic 'n' and 'r', etc.
5615 [not in xvim:] Add option to switch on matches crossing ONE line boundary.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000056167 Add ":iselect", a combination of ":ilist" and ":tselect". (Aaron) (Zellner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005617 Also ":dselect".
5618
5619
5620Undo:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010056219 ":gundo" command: global undo. Undoes changes spread over multiple files
5622 in the order they were made. Also ":gredo". Both with a count. Useful
5623 when tests fail after making changes and you forgot in which files.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000056249 After undo/redo, in the message show whether the buffer is modified or
5625 not.
Bram Moolenaard43848c2010-07-14 14:28:26 +020056268 Search for pattern in undo tree, showing when it happened and the text
5627 state, so that you can jump to it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000056288 Undo tree: visually show the tree somehow (Damian Conway)
5629 Show only the leaves, indicating how many changed from the branch and the
5630 timestamp?
5631 Put branch with most recent change on the left, older changes get more
5632 indent?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00005633- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a
5634 trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005635- When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not
5636 possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a",
5637 etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted?
56388 When Inserting a lot of text, it can only be undone as a whole. Make undo
5639 sync points at every line or word. Could recognize the start of a new
5640 word (white space and then non-white space) and backspacing.
5641 Can already use CTRL-G u, but that requires remapping a lot of things.
56428 Make undo more memory-efficient: Compare text before and after change,
5643 only remember the lines that really changed.
56447 Add undo for a range of lines. Can change these back to a previous
5645 version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a
5646 change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need
5647 to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005648- For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and '].
5649 And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb).
5650- In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the
5651 number of undo levels (with confirmation).
5652- Instead of [+], give the number of changes since the last write: [+123].
5653 When undoing to before the last write, change this to a negative number:
5654 [-99].
5655- With undo with simple line delete/insert: optimize screen updating.
5656- When executing macro's: Save each line for undo only once.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005657- When doing a global substitute, causing almost all lines to be changed,
5658 undo info becomes very big. Put undo info in swap file??
5659
5660
5661Buffer list:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056627 Command to execute a command in another buffer: ":inbuf {bufname} {cmd}".
5663 Also for other windows: ":inwin {winnr} {cmd}". How to make sure that
5664 this works properly for all commands, and still be able to return to the
5665 current buffer/window? E.g.: ":inbuf xxx only".
56668 Add File.{recent_files} menu entries: Recently edited files.
5667 Ron Aaron has a plugin for this: mru.vim.
56688 Unix: Check all uses of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() if they should check
5669 inode too.
56707 Add another number for a buffer, which is visible for the user. When
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005671 creating a new buffer, use the lowest number not in use (or the highest
5672 number in use plus one?).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056737 Offer some buffer selection from the command line? Like using ":ls" and
5674 asking for a buffer number. (Zachmann)
5675- When starting to edit a file that is already in the buffer list, use the
5676 file name argument for the new short file name. (Webb)
5677- Add an option to make ":bnext" and ":bprev" wrap around the end of the
5678 buffer list. Also for ":next" and ":prev"?
56797 Add argument to ":ls" which is a pattern for buffers to list.
5680 E.g. ":ls *.c". (Thompson)
56817 Add expansion of buffer names, so that "*.c" is expanded to all buffer
5682 names. Needed for ":bdel *.c", ":bunload *.c", etc.
56838 Support for <afile> where a buffer name is expected.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056847 Add an option to mostly use slashes in file names. Separately for
5685 internal use and for when executing an external program?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010056868 Some file systems are case-sensitive, some are not. Besides
5687 'wildignorecase' there might be more parts inside
5688 CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME that are useful on Unix.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005689
5690
5691Swap (.swp) files:
56928 If writing to the swap file fails, should try to open one in another
5693 directory from 'dir'. Useful in case the file system is full and when
5694 there are short file name problems.
56958 Also use the code to try using a short file name for the backup and swap
5696 file for the Win32 and Dos 32 bit versions.
56978 When a file is edited by root, add $LOGNAME to know who did su.
56988 When the edited file is a symlink, try to put the swap file in the same
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005699 dir as the actual file. Adjust FullName(). Avoids editing the same file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005700 twice (e.g. when using quickfix). Also try to make the name of the backup
5701 file the same as the actual file?
5702 Use the code for resolve()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057037 When using 64 bit inode numbers, also store the top 32 bits. Add another
5704 field for this, using part of bo_fname[], to keep it compatible.
57057 When editing a file on removable media, should put swap file somewhere
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005706 else. Use something like 'r' flag in 'viminfo'. 'diravoid'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005707 Also: Be able to specify minimum disk space, skip directory when not
5708 enough room.
57097 Add a configure check for which directory should be used: /tmp, /var/tmp
5710 or /var/preserve.
5711- Add an option to create a swap file only when making the first change to
5712 the buffer. (Liang) Or only when the buffer is not read-only.
5713- Add option to set "umask" for backup files and swap files (Antwerpen).
Bram Moolenaar7f2e9d72017-11-11 20:58:53 +01005714 'backupumask' and 'swapumask'? Or 'umaskbackup' and 'umaskswap'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005715- When editing a readonly file, don't use a swap file but read parts from the
5716 original file. Also do this when the file is huge (>'maxmem'). We do
5717 need to load the file once to count the number of lines? Perhaps keep a
5718 cached list of which line is where.
5719
5720
5721Viminfo:
57227 Can probably remove the code that checks for a writable viminfo file,
5723 because we now do the chown() for root, and others can't overwrite someone
5724 else's viminfo file.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000057258 When there is no .viminfo file and someone does "su", runs Vim, a
5726 root-owned .viminfo file is created. Is there a good way to avoid this?
5727 Perhaps check the owner of the directory. Only when root?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057288 Add argument to keep the list of buffers when Vim is started with a file
5729 name. (Schild)
57308 Keep the last used directory of the file browser (File/Open menu).
57318 Remember the last used register for "@@".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000057328 Remember the redo buffer, so that "." works after restarting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057338 Remember a list of last accessed files. To be used in the
5734 "File.Open Recent" menu. Default is to remember 10 files or so.
5735 Also remember which files have been read and written. How to display
5736 this?
57377 Also store the ". register (last inserted text).
57387 Make it possible to store buffer names in viminfo file relative to some
5739 directory, to make them portable over a network. (Aaron)
57406 Store a snapshot of the currently opened windows. So that when quitting
5741 Vim, and then starting again (without a file name argument), you see the
5742 same files in the windows. Use ":mksession" code?
5743- Make marks present in .viminfo usable as file marks: Display a list of
5744 "last visited files" and select one to jump to.
5745
5746
5747Modelines:
57488 Before trying to execute a modeline, check that it looks like one (valid
5749 option names). If it's very wrong, silently ignore it.
5750 Ignore a line that starts with "Subject: ".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005751- Add an option to whitelist options that are allowed in a modeline. This
5752 would allow careful users to use modelines, e.g., only allowing
5753 'shiftwidth'.
5754- Add an option to let modelines only set local options, not global ones
5755 such as 'encoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005756- When an option value is coming from a modeline, do not carry it over to
5757 another edited file? Would need to remember the value from before the
5758 modeline setting.
5759- Allow setting a variable from a modeline? Only allow using fixed strings,
5760 no function calls, to avoid a security problem.
5761- Allow ":doauto BufRead x.cpp" in modelines, to execute autocommands for
5762 .cpp files.
5763- Support the "abbreviate" command in modelines (Kearns). Careful for
5764 characters after <Esc>, that is a security leak.
5765- Add option setting to ask user if he wants to have the modelines executed
5766 or not. Same for .exrc in local dir.
5767
5768
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005769Sessions:
57708 DOS/Windows: ":mksession" generates a "cd" command where "aa\#bb" means
5771 directory "#bb" in "aa", but it's used as "aa#bb". (Ronald Hoellwarth)
57727 When there is a "help.txt" window in a session file, restoring that
5773 session will not get the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" back.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057748 With ":mksession" always store the 'sessionoptions' option, even when
5775 "options" isn't in it. (St-Amant)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057768 When using ":mksession", also store a command to reset all options to
5777 their default value, before setting the options that are not at their
5778 default value.
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000057797 With ":mksession" also store the tag stack and jump history. (Michal
5780 Malecki)
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +000057817 Persistent variables: "p:var"; stored in viminfo file and sessions files.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00005782
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005783
5784Options:
57857 ":with option=value | command": temporarily set an option value and
5786 restore it after the command has executed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057878 Make "old" number options that really give a number of effects into string
5788 options that are a comma separated list. The old number values should
5789 also be supported.
57908 Add commands to save and restore an option, which also preserves the flag
5791 that marks if the option was set. Useful to keep the effect of setting
5792 'compatible' after ":syntax on" has been used.
57937 There is 'titleold', why is there no 'iconold'? (Chazelas)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005794
5795
5796External commands:
57978 When filtering text, redirect stderr so that it can't mess up the screen
5798 and Vim doesn't need to redraw it. Also for ":r !cmd".
57994 Set separate shell for ":sh", piping "range!filter", reading text "r !ls"
5800 and writing text "w !wc". (Deutsche) Allow arguments for fast start (e.g.
5801 -f).
58024 Allow direct execution, without using a shell.
58034 Run an external command in the background. But how about I/O in the GUI?
5804 Careful: don't turn Vim into a shell!
58054 Add feature to disable using a shell or external commands.
5806
5807
5808Multiple Windows:
58097 "vim -oO file ..." use both horizontal and vertical splits.
58108 Add CTRL-W T: go to the top window in the column of the current window.
5811 And CTRL-W B: go to bottom window.
58127 Use CTRL-W <Tab>, like alt-tab, to switch between buffers. Repeat <Tab>
5813 to select another buffer (only loaded ones?), <BS> to go back, <Enter> to
5814 select buffer, <Esc> to go back to original buffer.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000058157 Make it possible to edit a new buffer in the preview window. A script can
5816 then fill it with something. ":popen"?
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +000058177 Add a 'tool' window: behaves like a preview window but there can be
5818 several. Don't count it in only_one_window(). (Alexei Alexandrov)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058196 Add an option to resize the shell when splitting and/or closing a window.
5820 ":vsp" would make the shell wider by as many columns as needed for the new
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005821 window. Specify a maximum size (or use the screen size). ":close" would
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005822 shrink the shell by as many columns as come available. (Demirel)
58237 When starting Vim several times, instantiate a Vim server, that allows
5824 communication between the different Vims. Feels like one Vim running with
5825 multiple top-level windows. Esp. useful when Vim is started from an IDE
5826 too. Requires some form of inter process communication.
5827- Support a connection to an external viewer. Could call the viewer
5828 automatically after some seconds of non-activity, or with a command.
5829 Allow some way of reporting scrolling and cursor positioning in the viewer
5830 to Vim, so that the link between the viewed and edited text can be made.
5831
5832
5833Marks:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000058348 Add ten marks for last changed files: ':0, ':1, etc. One mark per file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058358 When cursor is first moved because of scrolling, set a mark at this
5836 position. (Rimon Barr) Use '-.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000058378 Add a command to jump to a mark and make the motion inclusive. g'm and g`m?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058388 The '" mark is set to the first line, even when doing ":next" a few times.
5839 Only set the '" mark when the cursor was really moved in a file.
58408 Make `` and '', which would position the new cursor position in the middle
5841 of the window, restore the old topline (or relative position) from when
5842 the mark was set.
58437 Make a list of file marks in a separate window. For listing all buffers,
5844 matching tags, errors, etc. Normal commands to move around. Add commands
5845 to jump to the mark (in current window or new window). Start it with
5846 ":browse marks"?
58476 Add a menu that lists the Marks like ":marks". (Amerige)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058487 For ":jumps", ":tags" and ":marks", for not loaded buffers, remember the
5849 text at the mark. Highlight the column with the mark.
58507 Highlight each mark in some way (With "Mark" highlight group).
5851 Or display marks in a separate column, like 'number' does.
58527 Use d"m to delete rectangular area from cursor to mark m (like Vile's \m
5853 command).
58547 Try to keep marks in the same position when:
5855 - replacing with a line break, like in ":s/pat/^M/", move marks after the
5856 line break column to the next line. (Acevedo)
5857 - inserting/deleting characters in a line.
58585 Include marks for start/end of the current word and section. Useful in
5859 mappings.
58606 Add "unnamed mark" feature: Like marks for the ":g" command, but place and
5861 unplace them with commands before doing something with the lines.
5862 Highlight the marked lines somehow.
5863
5864
5865Digraphs:
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020058667 Make "ga" show the keymap for a character, if it exists.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02005867 Also show the code of the character after conversion to 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005868- Use digraph table to tell Vim about the collating sequence of special
5869 characters?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +000058708 Add command to remove one or more (all) digraphs. (Brown)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058717 Support different sets of digraphs (depending on the character set?). At
5872 least Latin1/Unicode, Latin-2, MS-DOS (esp. for Win32).
5873
5874
5875Writing files:
5876- In vim_rename(), should lock "from" file when deleting "to" file for
5877 systems other than Amiga. Avoids problems with unexpected longname to
5878 shortname conversion.
58798 write mch_isdevice() for Amiga, Mac, VMS, etc.
58808 When appending to a file, Vim should also make a backup and a 'patchmode'
5881 file.
58828 'backupskip' doesn't write a backup file at all, a bit dangerous for some
5883 applications. Add 'backupelsewhere' to write a backup file in another
5884 directory? Or add a flag to 'backupdir'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058856 Add an option to write a new, numbered, backup file each time. Like
5886 'patchmode', e.g., 'backupmode'.
58876 Make it possible to write 'patchmode' files to a different directory.
5888 E.g., ":set patchmode=~/backups/*.orig". (Thomas)
58896 Add an option to prepend something to the backup file name. E.g., "#".
5890 Or maybe allow a function to modify the backup file name?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000058918 Only make a backup when overwriting a file for the first time. Avoids
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005892 losing the original when writing twice. (Slootman)
58937 On non-Unix machines, also overwrite the original file in some situations
5894 (file system full, it's a link on an NFS partition).
58957 When editing a file, check that it has been change outside of Vim more
5896 often, not only when writing over it. E.g., at the time the swap file is
5897 flushed. Or every ten seconds or so (use the time of day, check it before
5898 waiting for a character to be typed).
58998 When a file was changed since editing started, show this in the status
5900 line of the window, like "[time]".
5901 Make it easier to reload all outdated files that don't have changes.
5902 Automatic and/or with a command.
5903
5904
5905Substitute:
Bram Moolenaar3f770472005-06-19 22:56:27 +000059068 Substitute with hex/unicode number "\%xff" and "\%uabcd". Just like
5907 "\%uabcd" in search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000059088 Make it easier to replace in all files in the argument list. E.g.:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005909 ":argsub/oldword/newword/". Works like ":argdo %s/oldword/newword/g|w".
5910- :s///p prints the line after a substitution.
5911- With :s///c replace \&, ~, etc. when showing the replacement pattern.
59128 With :s///c allow scrolling horizontally when 'nowrap' is effective.
5913 Also allow a count before the scrolling keys.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005914- Add number option to ":s//2": replace second occurrence of string? Or:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005915 :s///N substitutes N times.
5916- Add answers to ":substitute" with 'c' flag, used in a ":global", e.g.:
5917 ":g/pat1/s/pat2/pat3/cg": 'A' do all remaining replacements, 'Q' don't do
5918 any replacements, 'u' undo last substitution.
59197 Substitute in a block of text. Use {line}.{column} notation in an Ex
5920 range, e.g.: ":1.3,$.5s" means to substitute from line 1 column 3 to the
5921 last line column 5.
59225 Add commands to bookmark lines, display bookmarks, remove bookmarks,
5923 operate on lines with bookmarks, etc. Like ":global" but with the
5924 possibility to keep the bookmarks and use them with several commands.
5925 (Stanislav Sitar)
5926
5927
5928Mouse support:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059298 Add 'o' flag to 'mouse'?
59307 Be able to set a 'mouseshape' for the popup menu.
59318 Add 'mouse' flag, which sets a behavior like Visual mode, but automatic
5932 yanking at the button-up event. Or like Select mode, but typing gets you
5933 out of Select mode, instead of replacing the text. (Bhaskar)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005934- Implement mouse support for the Amiga console.
5935- Using right mouse button to extend a blockwise selection should attach to
5936 the nearest corner of the rectangle (four possible corners).
5937- Precede mouse click by a number to simulate double clicks?!?
5938- When mouse click after 'r' command, get character that was pointed to.
5939
5940
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005941Argument list:
59426 Add command to put all filenames from the tag files in the argument list.
5943 When given an argument, only use the files where that argument matches
5944 (like `grep -l ident`) and jump to the first match.
59456 Add command to form an args list from all the buffers?
5946
5947
5948Registers:
59498 Don't display empty registers with ":display". (Etienne)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059508 Add put command that overwrites existing text. Should also work for
5951 blocks. Useful to move text around in a table. Works like using "R ^R r"
5952 for every line.
59536 When yanking into the unnamed registers several times, somehow make the
5954 previous contents also available (like it's done for deleting). What
5955 register names to use? g"1, g"2, etc.?
5956- When appending to a register, also report the total resulting number of
5957 lines. Or just say "99 more lines yanked", add the "more".
5958- When inserting a register in Insert mode with CTRL-R, don't insert comment
5959 leader when line wraps?
5960- The ":@r" commands should take a range and execute the register for each
5961 line in the range.
5962- Add "P" command to insert contents of unnamed register, move selected text
5963 to position of previous deleted (to swap foo and bar in " + foo")
59648 Should be able to yank and delete into the "/ register.
5965 How to take care of the flags (offset, magic)?
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005966
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005967
5968Debug mode:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059698 Add breakpoints for setting an option
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000059708 Add breakpoints for assigning to a variable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059717 Store the history from debug mode in viminfo.
59727 Make the debug mode history available with histget() et al.
5973
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005974Various improvements:
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000059757 Add plugins for formatting? Should be able to make a choice depending on
5976 the language of a file (English/Korean/Japanese/etc.).
5977 Setting the 'langformat' option to "chinese" would load the
5978 "format/chinese.vim" plugin.
5979 The plugin would set 'formatexpr' and define the function being called.
5980 Edward L. Fox explains how it should be done for most Asian languages.
5981 (2005 Nov 24)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005982 Alternative: patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Feb 23)
Bram Moolenaar87b774d2005-07-20 22:04:36 +000059837 [t to move to previous xml/html tag (like "vatov"), ]t to move to next
5984 ("vatv").
Bram Moolenaar342337a2005-07-21 21:11:17 +000059857 [< to move to previous xml/html tag, e.g., previous <li>. ]< to move to
5986 next <li>, ]< to next </li>, [< to previous </li>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059878 Add ":rename" command: rename the file of the current buffer and rename
5988 the buffer. Buffer may be modified.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000059897 Instead of filtering errors with a shell script it should be possible to
5990 do this with Vim script. A function that filters the raw text that comes
5991 from the 'makeprg'?
Bram Moolenaar1ef15e32006-02-01 21:56:25 +00005992- Add %b to 'errorformat': buffer number. (Yegappan Lakshmanan / Suresh
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00005993 Govindachar)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010059947 Allow a window not to have a statusline. Makes it possible to use a
5995 window as a buffer-tab selection.
59968 Allow non-active windows to have a different statusline. (Yakov Lerner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059977 Add an invisible buffer which can be edited. For use in scripts that want
5998 to manipulate text without changing the window layout.
59998 Add a command to revert to the saved version of file; undo or redo until
6000 all changes are gone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060016 "vim -q -" should read the list of errors from stdin. (Gautam Mudunuri)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060028 Add "--remote-fail": When contacting the server fails, exit Vim.
6003 Add "--remote-self": When contacting the server fails, do it in this Vim.
6004 Overrules the default of "--remote-send" to fail and "--remote" to do it
6005 in this Vim.
60068 When Vim was started without a server, make it possible to start one, as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006007 if the "--servername" argument was given. ":startserver <name>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060088 No address range can be used before the command modifiers. This makes
6009 them difficult to use in a menu for Visual mode. Accept the range and
6010 have it apply to the following command.
60118 Add the possibility to set 'fileformats' to force a format and strip other
6012 CR characters. For example, for "dos" files remove CR characters at the
6013 end of the line, so that a file with mixed line endings is cleaned up.
6014 To just not display the CR characters: Add a flag to 'display'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060157 Some compilers give error messages in which the file name does not have a
6016 path. Be able to specify that 'path' is used for these files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060177 Xterm sends <Esc>O3F for <M-End>. Similarly for other <M-Home>, <M-Left>,
6018 etc. Combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift are also possible. Recognize
6019 these to avoid inserting the raw byte sequence, handle like the key
6020 without modifier (unless mapped).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060216 Add "gG": like what "gj" is to "j": go to the N'th window line.
60228 Add command like ":normal" that accepts <Key> notation like ":map".
60239 Support ACLs on more systems.
60247 Add ModeMsgVisual, ModeMsgInsert, etc. so that each mode message can be
6025 highlighted differently.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060267 Add a message area for the user. Set some option to reserve space (above
6027 the command line?). Use an ":echouser" command to display the message
6028 (truncated to fit in the space).
60297 Add %s to 'keywordprg': replace with word under the cursor. (Zellner)
60308 Support printing on Unix. Can use "lpansi.c" as an example. (Bookout)
60318 Add put command that replaces the text under it. Esp. for blockwise
6032 Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +000060337 Enhance termresponse stuff: Add t_CV(?): pattern of term response, use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006034 regexp: "\e\[[>?][0-9;]*c", but only check just after sending t_RV.
60357 Add "g|" command: move to N'th column from the left margin (after wrapping
6036 and applying 'leftcol'). Works as "|" like what "g0" is to "0".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060377 Support setting 'equalprg' to a user function name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060387 Highlight the characters after the end-of-line differently.
60397 When 'whichwrap' contains "l", "$dl" should join lines?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060408 Add an argument to configure to use $CFLAGS and not modify it? (Mooney)
60418 Enabling features is a mix of configure arguments and defines in
6042 feature.h. How to make this consistent? Feature.h is required for
6043 non-unix systems. Perhaps let configure define CONF_XXX, and use #ifdef
6044 CONF_XXX in feature.h? Then what should min-features and max-features do?
60458 Add "g^E" and "g^Y", to scroll a screen-full line up and down.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060468 Add ":confirm" handling in open_exfile(), for when file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060478 When quitting with changed files, make the dialog list the changed file
6048 and allow "write all", "discard all", "write some". The last one would
6049 then ask "write" or "discard" for each changed file. Patch in HierAssist
6050 does something like this. (Shah)
60517 Use growarray for replace stack.
60527 Have a look at viH (Hellenic or Greek version of Vim). But a solution
6053 outside of Vim might be satisfactory (Haritsis).
60543 Make "2d%" work like "d%d%" instead of "d2%"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060557 "g CTRL-O" jumps back to last used buffer. Skip CTRL-O jumps in the same
6056 buffer. Make jumplist remember the last ten accessed buffers?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010060577 Make it possible to set the size of the jumplist (also to a smaller number
6058 than the default). (Nikolai Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006059- Add code to disable the CAPS key when going from Insert to Normal mode.
6060- Set date/protection/etc. of the patchfile the same as the original file.
6061- Use growarray for termcodes[] in term.c
6062- Add <window-99>, like <cword> but use filename of 99'th window.
60637 Add a way to change an operator to always work characterwise-inclusive
6064 (like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
6065- Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
6066 dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02006067- Remove using mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006068- When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
6069 turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
6070- Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
6071 call "play newbeep.au").
6072- Add option to show the current function name in the status line. More or
6073 less what you find with "[[k", like how 'cindent' recognizes a function.
6074 (Bhatt).
6075- "[r" and "]r": like "p" and "P", but replace instead of insert (esp. for
6076 blockwise registers).
6077- Add 'timecheck' option, on by default. Makes it possible to switch off the
6078 timestamp warning and question. (Dodt).
6079- Add an option to set the time after which Vim should check the timestamps
6080 of the files. Only check when an event occurs (e.g., character typed,
6081 mouse moved). Useful for non-GUI versions where keyboard focus isn't
6082 noticeable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006083- Make 'smartcase' work even though 'ic' isn't set (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060847 When formatting text, allow to break the line at a number of characters.
6085 Use an option for this: 'breakchars'? Useful for formatting Fortran code.
6086- Add flag to 'formatoptions' to be able to format book-style paragraphs
6087 (first line of paragraph has larger indent, no empty lines between
6088 paragraphs). Complements the '2' flag. Use '>' flag when larger indent
6089 starts a new paragraph, use '<' flag when smaller indent starts a new
6090 paragraph. Both start a new paragraph on any indent change.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000060918 The 'a' flag in 'formatoptions' is too dangerous. In some way only do
6092 auto-formatting in specific regions, e.g. defined by syntax highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060938 Allow using a trailing space to signal a paragraph that continues on the
6094 next line (MIME text/plain; format=flowed, RFC 2646). Can be used for
6095 continuous formatting. Could use 'autoformat' option, which specifies a
6096 regexp which triggers auto-formatting (for one line).
6097 ":set autoformat=\\s$".
6098- Be able to redefine where a sentence stops. Use a regexp pattern?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00006099- Support multi-byte characters for sentences. Example from Ben Peterson.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061007 Add command "g)" to go to the end of a sentence, "g(" to go back to the
6101 end of a sentence. (Servatius Brandt)
6102- Be able to redefine where a paragraph starts. For "[[" where the '{' is
6103 not in column 1.
61046 Add ":cdprev": go back to the previous directory. Need to remember a
6105 stack of previous directories. We also need ":cdnext".
61067 Should ":cd" for MS-DOS go to $HOME, when it's defined?
6107- Make "gq<CR>" work on the last line in the file. Maybe for every operator?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006108- Add more redirecting of Ex commands:
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00006109 :redir #> bufname
6110 :redir #>> bufname (append)
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00006111- Give error message when starting :redir: twice or using END when no
6112 redirection was active.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006113- Setting of options, specifically for a buffer or window, with
6114 ":set window.option" or ":set buffer.option=val". Or use ":buffer.set".
6115 Also: "buffer.map <F1> quit".
61166 Would it be possible to change the color of the cursor in the Win32
6117 console? (Klaus Hast)
6118- Add :delcr command:
6119 *:delcr*
6120 :[range]delcr[!] Check [range] lines (default: whole buffer) for lines
6121 ending in <CR>. If all lines end in <CR>, or [!] is
6122 used, remove the <CR> at the end of lines in [range].
6123 A CTRL-Z at the end of the file is removed. If
6124 [range] is omitted, or it is the whole file, and all
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02006125 lines end in <CR> 'textmode' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006126- Should integrate addstar() and file_pat_to_reg_pat().
6127- When working over a serial line with 7 bit characters, remove meta
6128 characters from 'isprint'.
6129- Use fchdir() in init_homedir(), like in FullName().
6130- In win_update(), when the GUI is active, always use the scrolling area.
6131 Avoid that the last status line is deleted and needs to be redrawn.
6132- That "cTx" fails when the cursor is just after 'x' is Vi compatible, but
6133 may not be what you expect. Add a flag in 'cpoptions' for this? More
6134 general: Add an option to allow "c" to work with a null motion.
6135- Give better error messages by using errno (strerror()).
6136- Give "Usage:" error message when command used with wrong arguments (like
6137 Nvi).
6138- Make 'restorescreen' option also work for xterm (and others), replaces the
6139 SAVE_XTERM_SCREEN define.
61407 Support for ":winpos" In xterm: report the current window position.
6141- Give warning message when using ":set t_xx=asdf" for a termcap code that
6142 Vim doesn't know about. Add flag in 'shortmess'?
61436 Add ":che <file>", list all the include paths which lead to this file.
6144- For a commandline that has several commands (:s, :d, etc.) summarize the
6145 changes all together instead of for each command (e.g. for the rot13
6146 macro).
6147- Add command like "[I" that also shows the tree of included files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006148- ":set sm^L" results in ":set s", because short names of options are also
6149 expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
6150- Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
61518 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006152- Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
6153- ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
6154- CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
6155 if it is not the first or last window.
6156- Include-file-search commands should look in the loaded buffer of a file (if
6157 there is one) instead of the file itself.
61587 Change 'nrformats' to include the leader for each format. Example:
6159 nrformats=hex:$,binary:b,octal:0
6160 Add setting of 'nrformats' to syntax files.
6161- 'path' can become very long, don't use NameBuff for expansion.
6162- When unhiding a hidden buffer, put the same line at top of the window as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006163 the one before hiding it. Or: keep the same relative cursor position (so
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006164 many percent down the windows).
6165- Make it possible for the 'showbreak' to be displayed at the end of the
6166 line. Use a comma to separate the part at the end and the start of the
6167 line? Highlight the linebreak characters, add flag in 'highlight'.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02006168 Make 'showbreak' local to a window.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006169- Some string options should be expanded if they have wildcards, e.g.
6170 'dictionary' when it is "*.h".
6171- Use a specific type for number and boolean options, making it possible to
6172 change it for specific machines (e.g. when a long is 64 bit).
6173- Add option for <Insert> in replace mode going to normal mode. (Nugent)
6174- Add a next/previous possibility to "[^I" and friends.
6175- Add possibility to change the HOME directory. Use the directory from the
6176 passwd file? (Antwerpen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061778 Add commands to push and pop all or individual options. ":setpush tw",
6178 ":setpop tw", ":setpush all". Maybe pushing/popping all options is
6179 sufficient. ":setflush" resets the option stack?
6180 How to handle an aborted mapping? Remember position in tag stack when
6181 mapping starts, restore it when an error aborts the mapping?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006182- Change ":fixdel" into option 'fixdel', t_del will be adjusted each time
6183 t_bs is set? (Webb)
6184- "gc": goto character, move absolute character positions forward, also
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006185 counting newlines. "gC" goes backwards (Weigert).
6186- When doing CTRL-^, redraw buffer with the same topline. (Demirel) Store
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006187 cursor row and window height to redraw cursor at same percentage of window
6188 (Webb).
6189- Besides remembering the last used line number of a file, also remember the
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006190 column. Use it with CTRL-^ et. al.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006191- Check for non-digits when setting a number option (careful when entering
6192 hex codes like 0xff).
6193- Add option to make "." redo the "@r" command, instead of the last command
6194 executed by it. Also to make "." redo the whole mapping. Basically: redo
6195 the last TYPED command.
6196- Support URL links for ^X^F in Insert mode, like for "gf".
6197- Support %name% expansion for "gf" on Windows.
6198- Make "gf" work on "file://c:/path/name". "file:/c:/" and "file:///c:/"
6199 should also work?
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006200- Add 'urlpath', used like 'path' for when "gf" used on a URL?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000062018 When using "gf" on an absolute file name, while editing a remote file
6202 (starts with scp:// or http://) should prepend the method and machine
6203 name.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006204- When finding a URL or file name, and it doesn't exist, try removing a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006205 trailing '.'.
6206- Add ":path" command modifier. Should work for every command that takes a
6207 file name argument, to search for the file name in 'path'. Use
6208 find_file_in_path().
6209- Highlight control characters on the screen: Shows the difference between
6210 CTRL-X and "^" followed by "X" (Colon).
6211- Integrate parsing of cmdline command and parsing for expansion.
6212- Create a program that can translate a .swp file from any machine into a
6213 form usable by Vim on the current machine.
6214- Add ":noro" command: Reset 'ro' flag for all buffers, except ones that have
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006215 a readonly file. ":noro!" will reset all 'ro' flags.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006216- Add a variant of CTRL-V that stops interpretation of more than one
6217 character. For entering mappings on the command line where a key contains
6218 several special characters, e.g. a trailing newline.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006219- Make '2' option in 'formatoptions' also work inside comments.
6220- Add 's' flag to 'formatoptions': Do not break when inside a string. (Dodt)
6221- When window size changed (with the mouse) and made too small, set it back
6222 to the minimal size.
6223- Add "]>" and "[<", shift comment at end of line (command; /* comment */).
6224- Should not call cursorcmd() for each vgetc() in getcmdline().
6225- ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
6226- Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
6227- Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006228- When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
6229 entered)?
6230- Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
6231 as an output filter.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006232- In dosub() regexec is called twice for the same line. Try to avoid this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006233- Window updating from memline.c: insert/delete/replace line.
6234- Optimize ml_append() for speed, esp. for reading a file.
6235- V..c should keep indent when 'ai' is set, just like [count]cc.
6236- Updatescript() can be done faster with a string instead of a char.
6237- Screen updating is inefficient with CTRL-F and CTRL-B when there are long
6238 lines.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006239- Uppercase characters in Ex commands can be made lowercase?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000062408 Add option to show characters in text not as "|A" but as decimal ("^129"),
6241 hex ("\x81") or octal ("\201") or meta (M-x). Nvi has the 'octal' option
6242 to switch from hex to octal. Vile can show unprintable characters in hex
6243 or in octal.
62447 Tighter integration with xxd to edit binary files. Make it more
6245 easy/obvious to use. Command line argument?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006246- How does vi detect whether a filter has messed up the screen? Check source.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006247 After ":w !command" a wait_return?
6248- Improve screen updating code for doput() (use s_ins()).
6249- With 'p' command on last line: scroll screen up (also for terminals without
6250 insert line command).
6251- Use insert/delete char when terminal supports it.
6252- Optimize screen redraw for slow terminals.
6253- Optimize "dw" for long row of spaces (say, 30000).
6254- Add "-d null" for editing from a script file without displaying.
6255- In Insert mode: Remember the characters that were removed with backspace
6256 and re-insert them one at a time with <key1>, all together with <key2>.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006257- Amiga: Add possibility to set a keymap. The code in amiga.c does not work
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006258 yet.
6259- Implement 'redraw' option.
6260- Add special code to 'sections' option to define something else but '{' or
6261 '}' as the start of a section (e.g. one shiftwidth to the right).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000062627 Allow using Vim in a pipe: "ls | vim -u xxx.vim - | yyy". Only needs
6263 implementing ":w" to stdout in the buffer that was read from stdin.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +00006264 Perhaps writing to stdout will work, since stderr is used for the terminal
6265 I/O.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000062668 Allow opening an unnamed buffer with ":e !cmd" and ":sp !cmd". Vile can
6267 do it.
6268- Add commands like ]] and [[ that do not include the line jumped to.
6269- When :unab without matching "from" part and several matching "to" parts,
6270 delete the entry that was used last, instead of the first in the list.
6271- Add text justification option.
6272- Set boolean options on/off with ":set paste=off", ":set paste=on".
6273- After "inv"ing an option show the value: ":set invpaste" gives "paste is
6274 off".
6275- Check handling of CTRL-V and '\' for ":" commands that do not have TRLBAR.
6276- When a file cannot be opened but does exist, give error message.
6277- Amiga: When 'r' protection bit is not set, file can still be opened but
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006278 gives read errors. Check protection before opening.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006279- When writing check for file exists but no permission, "Permission denied".
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02006280- If file does not exist, check if directory exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006281- Settings edit mode: make file with ":set opt=xx", edit it, parse it as ex
6282 commands.
6283- ":set -w all": list one option per line.
6284- Amiga: test for 'w' flag when reading a file.
6285- :table command (Webb)
6286- Add new operator: clear, make area white (replace with spaces): "g ".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006287- Add command to ":read" a file at a certain column (blockwise read?).
6288- Add sort of replace mode where case is taken from the old text (Goldfarb).
6289- Allow multiple arguments for ":read", read all the files.
6290- Support for tabs in specific columns: ":set tabcol=8,20,34,56" (Demirel).
6291- Add 'searchdir' option: Directories to search for file name being edited
6292 (Demirel).
6293- Modifier for the put command: Change to linewise, charwise, blockwise, etc.
6294- Add commands for saving and restoring options ":set save" "set restore",
6295 for use in macro's and the like.
6296- Keep output from listings in a window, so you can have a look at it while
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006297 working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006298- Add possibility to put output of Ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006299 ":set all". ":r :set all"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006300- When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006301 result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006302 a window to become smaller (Webb).
6303- When resizing the whole Vim window, the windows inside should be resized
6304 proportionally (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006305- Include options directly in option table, no indirect pointers. Use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006306 mkopttab to make option table?
6307- When doing ":w dir", where "dir" is a directory name, write the current
6308 file into that directory, with the current file name (without the path)?
6309- Support for 'dictionary's that are sorted, makes access a lot faster
6310 (Haritsis).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006311- Add "^Vrx" on the command line, replace with contents of register x. Used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006312 instead of CTRL-R to make repeating possible. (Marinichev)
6313- Add "^Vb" on the command line, replace with word before or under the
6314 cursor?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006315- Support mapping for replace mode and "r" command (Vi doesn't do this)?
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000063168 Sorting of filenames for completion is wrong on systems that ignore
6317 case of filenames. Add 'ignorefncase' option. When set, case in
6318 filenames is ignored for sorting them. Patch by Mike Williams:
6319 ~/vim/patches/ignorefncase. Also change what matches? Or use another
6320 option name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000063218 Should be able to compile Vim in another directory, with $(srcdir) set to
6322 where the sources are. Add $(srcdir) in the Makefile in a lot of places.
6323 (Netherton)
63246 Make it configurable when "J" inserts a space or not. Should not add a
6325 space after "(", for example.
63265 When inserting spaces after the end-of-line for 'virtualedit', use tabs
6327 when the user wants this (e.g., add a "tab" field to 'virtualedit').
6328 (Servatius Brandt)
6329
6330
6331From Elvis:
6332- Use "instman.sh" to install manpages?
6333- Add ":alias" command.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006334- Search patterns:
6335 \@ match word under cursor.
6336 but do:
6337 \@w match the word under the cursor?
6338 \@W match the WORD under the cursor?
63398 ":window" command:
6340 :win + next window (up)
6341 :win ++ idem, wrapping
6342 :win - previous window (down)
6343 :win -- idem, wrapping
6344 :win nr to window number "nr"
6345 :win name to window editing buffer "name"
63467 ":cc" compiles a single file (default: current one). 'ccprg' option is
6347 program to use with ":cc". Use ":compile" instead of ":cc"?
6348
6349
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006350From xvi:
6351- CTRL-_ : swap 8th bit of character.
6352- Add egrep-like regex type, like xvi (Ned Konz) or Perl (Emmanuel Mogenet)
6353
6354
6355From vile:
6356- When horizontal scrolling, use '>' for lines continuing right of a window.
6357- Support putting .swp files in /tmp: Command in rc.local to move .swp files
6358 from /tmp to some directory before deleting files.
6359
6360
6361Far future and "big" extensions:
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006362- Instead of using a Makefile and autoconf, use a simple shell script to
6363 find the C compiler and do everything with C code. Translate something
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +01006364 like an Aap recipe and configure.ac to C. Avoids depending on Python,
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006365 thus will work everywhere. With batch file to find the C compiler it
6366 would also work on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006367- Make it easy to setup Vim for groups of users: novice vi users, novice
6368 Vim users, C programmers, xterm users, GUI users,...
6369- Change layout of blocks in swap file: Text at the start, with '\n' in
6370 between lines (just load the file without changes, except for Mac).
6371 Indexes for lines are from the end of the block backwards. It's the
6372 current layout mirrored.
6373- Make it possible to edit a register, in a window, like a buffer.
6374- Add stuff to syntax highlighting to change the text (upper-case keywords,
6375 set indent, define other highlighting, etc.).
6376- Mode to keep C-code formatted all the time (sort of on-line indent).
6377- Several top-level windows in one Vim session. Be able to use a different
6378 font in each top-level window.
6379- Allow editing above start and below end of buffer (flag in 'virtualedit').
6380- Smart cut/paste: recognize words and adjust spaces before/after them.
6381- Add open mode, use it when terminal has no cursor positioning.
6382- Special "drawing mode": a line is drawn where the cursor is moved to.
6383 Backspace deletes along the line (from jvim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006384- Support for underlining (underscore-BS-char), bold (char-BS-char) and other
6385 standout modes switched on/off with , 'overstrike' option (Reiter).
6386- Add vertical mode (Paul Jury, Demirel): "5vdw" deletes a word in five
6387 lines, "3vitextESC" will insert "text" in three lines, etc..
63884 Recognize l, #, p as 'flags' to EX commands:
6389 :g/RE/#l shall print lines with line numbers and in list format.
6390 :g/RE/dp shall print lines that are deleted.
6391 POSIX: Commands where flags shall apply to all lines written: list,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006392 number, open, print, substitute, visual, &, z. For other commands, flags
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006393 shall apply to the current line after the command completes. Examples:
6394 :7,10j #l Join the lines 7-10 and print the result in list
6395- Allow two or more users to edit the same file at the same time. Changes
6396 are reflected in each Vim immediately. Could work with local files but
6397 also over the internet. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/.
6398
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02006399vim:tw=78:sw=4:sts=4:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006400vim: set fo+=n :